![]() ![]() Not to mention, Henry still finished as one of the most explosive runners in the NFL by Next Gen Stats. Well, it’s kind of hard to explode and pull off breakaway runs when you’re getting hit at every turn. Needless to say, Henry was immediately put in disadvantageous positions more often than not, yet still managed to finish with the numbers he did.Īnother thing I’ve seen people talk about is Henry losing his explosiveness. Titans' Derrick Henry disrespected in ESPN survey ranking RBs To make matters worse, in some of the games Burks did play, he was forced to catch passes from a backup quarterback, meaning defenses would solely focus on Henry in order to force Josh Dobbs or Malik Willis to beat them. Tennessee couldn’t produce an average passing attack when Treylon Burks was out, and he missed one-third of the season. ![]() Realistically, what exactly was Henry supposed to do last year with that supporting cast, especially when he was the only thing opposing defenses actually had to worry about? Not even the fact that 1st down passes ranked #3 in efficiency Unsurprisingly the runs ranked #4 worst in efficiencyīut nothing stopped them from running into loaded boxes On 1st downs Tennessee had the #2 highest run rateĭespite Ds stacking the box at the #4 highest rate The Alabama legend, who was coming off a serious foot injury, just had a season in which he dropped over 1,500 rushing yards, yet some are claiming he’s declining because his yards per carry was down from previous years.Ĭontext is important and the reality is that he played with three different quarterbacks and a passing attack that took zero pressure off, and had an offensive line and offensive coordinator that were inept, leading to his running into brick walls on a regular basis. S aying Derrick Henry is on the decline after what we saw last season is a perfect example of that. This article is going to be a rant more than anything else, simply because I’m tired of biting my tongue on certain topics.įor starters, the thing that I can’t stand about a lot of football analysis these days is the fact that people willingly ignore common sense so they can try and big-brain everything. ![]()
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