The Baltimore Ravens misplaced the AFC Championship Sport to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs final season, and all Derrick Henry might do was sit and watch and marvel how he might have made a distinction. On the time, after all, he was nonetheless a Tennessee Titan—however simply barely.
Whereas the Ravens signed Henry as an unrestricted free agent this offseason, they almost traded for him final 12 months. Baltimore suffered a number of operating again accidents final season to J.Ok. Dobbins and Keaton Mitchell. Nonetheless, one wonders if having Henry then may need modified issues—one, on this case, being Henry himself.
“Hell sure”, Henry stated yesterday when a reporter requested him whereas watching the Ravens lose to the Chiefs if he was fascinated with having almost gone there in a commerce, by way of the crew’s web site. “I used to be wishing I might swimsuit up that day watching that sport”.
A former 2016 second-round decide, Derrick Henry has 9,502 profession speeding yards on 2,030 makes an attempt. His 90 profession speeding touchdowns rank tied for thirteenth all-time, and he can simply crack the highest 10 this 12 months. A four-time All-Professional, he gained the Offensive Participant of the 12 months Award in 2020, speeding for two,027 yards that season. Since then, he has 3,643 speeding yards with 35 touchdowns in 41 video games performed.
The Chiefs will host the Ravens on Thursday within the season opener because the defending Tremendous Bowl champions. Henry didn’t play in the course of the preseason, so this might be our first true have a look at him within the Ravens’ offense. He’s out to show that he has greater than a bit one thing left within the tank at age 30. Which may not sound very superior in years, however the skilled lives of operating backs are nasty, brutish, and brief.
Derrick Henry skilled 4 postseasons throughout his eight years in Tennessee. They reached the convention finals in 2019 after being the Ravens—dropping to the Chiefs. As if he didn’t want sufficient purpose to wish to beat the Chiefs, he has loads in reserve.
“Sure, now it’s my flip, so [I have] to benefit from it”, Henry stated of his function in serving to the Ravens beat Kansas Metropolis. “It’s going to be a hell of a sport. The Chiefs are all the time robust. They’re stable on all three [phases], so we’ve bought to be locked on this week to have the ability to execute on Thursday”.
Whereas the Ravens didn’t put Derrick Henry by way of preseason work, he typically bought the higher of his defensive teammates. The crew hopes that giving Lamar Jackson a top-shelf menace within the run sport will get them over the hump.
The Ravens are 2-5 within the postseason since drafting Jackson in 2018, although they misplaced one sport with out him. His private report is 2-4, scoring his second win and fourth loss in 2023. After dominating the Houston Texans within the opening spherical, 34-10, they fell to the Chiefs, 10-17, as Henry and the remainder of us watched.
