NASHVILLE — Trade talks have been swirling around star running back Derrick Henry for about a week now, and continue to in the aftermath of the Tennessee Titans (3-4) 28-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons (4-4). 

Clubs can make trades until the NFL's deadline passes at 3 PM CT on Oct. 31.

Whether Henry is shipped out of Tennessee or not, the franchise's second-all-time leading rusher deserves more clarity than he's getting from his current organization. Conflicting or vague reports around a potential trade are reflective of a franchise that has been highly indecisive with its most important player. Henry, for his part, has continued to be a model citizen throughout the process.

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"Obviously, you see all this stuff, people texting and there's a lot going on," Henry said after the Titans beat Atlanta. "He say, she say. But at the end of the day, I'm a grown man and I got a job to do, and that's come to work and do my job and that's what I'm always going to be focused on until I'm told something differently. 

"I got a child at home that I got to feed and that's what my main focus is, coming in to do my job the best way I know I can and helping this team win. Until something else happens, that's my main focus."

The outcome of Sunday afternoon was not relevant to a deal for Henry being completed or not. 

The Titans' position has always been to field offers. The Baltimore Ravens are the only team that has shown significant interest, but not enough to move the needle. Additionally, as ESPN's Adam Schefter noted, Monday's deadline of 3 PM CT for teams to be able to restructure a player's contract in a way that would allow the trading team to pay down existing money on a deal. 

This furthers the unlikelihood that Henry would be moved, given the $5.5 million remaining on his current deal. 

We know that transactions in the NFL must be done with a lack of emotional attachment. In reality, no player is above the business model of professional sports. Henry still deserves a clear directive from the organization about his standing.

"I think we owe it to the team to listen as diligently as possible on anybody that would call," coach Mike Vrabel said on Monday. "Regardless of player, person or position. Just to make sure that we're doing right by the football team."

That's all well and good, but there are plenty of people both around the league and within Tennessee's organization who have expressed their frustrations with management's inability to make a definitive decision on Henry.

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