NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Derrick Henry, the man who ran the Tennessee Titans to the AFC championship game two years ago, is ready to play again.

The 2020 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year says his surgically repaired right foot, fixed with a steel plate, feels no different than his left, and he’s happy to be back on a football field.

Just in time for Saturday’s divisional playoff game against Cincinnati.

As long as the Titans make the final step, moving Henry from injured reserve to the active roster by Friday afternoon. Henry talking to reporters Wednesday for the first time since breaking his foot Oct. 31 sure seems a strong indicator he will be back in time for kickoff.

So will he play Saturday?

“See how this week goes, and we’ll see where I’m at on Saturday,” Henry said.

This was the first time Henry, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner, had ever dealt with an injury during a football season. He called it “definitely shocking,” though Henry simply turned his attention to surgery and working his way back to the football field.

The injury cost him the final nine games of the season. The NFL’s 2019 and 2020 rushing leader led the league again when he was injured, and he still finished with 937 yards.

“It was the first time that I got injured during the season and had to miss you know the rest of the season, so it was definitely different,” Henry said.