USA Today: Henry wants out?

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:07 pm

Travis Henry says he will ask to be traded if he is supplanted by Willis McGahee as the Buffalo Bills' featured running back.
"If it comes to that, and they want to go in that direction, yeah, I would want to go elsewhere," Henry told USA TODAY after a recent practice at St. John Fisher College.

Henry, 25, ranks fourth on Buffalo's all-time rushing list with 3,523 yards after only three seasons.

He has surpassed 1,000 yards each of the last two years.

Although new coach Mike Mularkey assured him that he remains the starter, he is concerned that McGahee's comeback may ultimately reduce his opportunities and effectiveness.

"Backs split time in high school and college," Henry says. "At this level, if you've got a feature back, you let him run. You let him do what he does.

"You get three plays; he gets three plays. Nah. You can't get into a rhythm like that."

Henry carried 331 times last season for 1,356 yards, the seventh-highest single-season total in franchise history, despite suffering torn rib cartilage in Week 4. He played the last 6 1/2 games with a hairline fracture in his leg.

Mularkey says he has "a really nice problem" when he must decide whether to feed the ball to Henry or McGahee. He adds that there will be times when the two line up together. His first snap of mini-camp began with that formation.

"We are going to try to make them both happy, which is going to be a tough situation, but I can't say enough about Travis Henry," Mularkey says.

General manager Tom Donahoe reiterates that Henry will remain the club's primary ballcarrier and adds that he is not being shopped.

"You could see how people would think that, but we plan to run the football and we feel we need two quality backs," Donahoe says. "A trade is not something we're thinking about at this point.

"Things can always change, but right now we like the situation we're in. We'll see how it develops."

— Tom Pedulla

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... ahee_x.htm

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:27 am

Welcome to Miami Mr. Henry!

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:51 am

There's no way he goes (directly) to a division rival.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:20 pm

4th all-time rusher for Buffalo?

And in just 3 years that's pretty quick, though I guess behind Thomas and Simpson there aren't a whole lot of big-name runners associated with the Bills.