Titans' Lewis: Henry and I can be NFL's best RB duo

Mike Mularkey's "exotic smashmouth" brand of football might be dead in Tennessee, but the Titans are still set to rely heavily on their two-headed backfield for the 2018 campaign.

Free-agent signing Dion Lewis has replaced DeMarco Murray as Derrick Henry's running mate, and the former New England Patriot believes he and Henry have the potential to become the NFL's best running back tandem.

"I see him every day, so he's not as big as he was the first day," Lewis joked about Henry, according to ESPN's Cameron Wolfe. "I don't know if I'm growing or he's shrinking."

"We both know we're two good backs. We're pushing each other every day. We feel like we can be two of the best running backs in the league. We feel like we can be the best duo in the league," Lewis added.

Lewis excelled in his first extended stint as an every-down back in 2017, rushing for nearly 900 yards on 180 carries and adding 214 yards through the air. The bruising, 247-pound Henry, meanwhile, is widely expected to take a leap in his development after sitting behind Murray for the first two years of his career.

The Titans' duo has significant competition for the title of the NFL's best running back duo from New Orleans Saints pairing Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram and the Atlanta Falcons' Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman, among others. But with the super-athletic Marcus Mariota under center and a new offensive scheme being implemented, the sky is the limit for the talented Tennessee backfield.

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