Ryan Clark: Derrick Henry Has "Late Play Bravery," Doesn't Run the Same Against Big Boys

[Somedude]

3 minutes ago, Former_Fan said:

Did anyone notice during the Texans game when Henry was standing next to Watt.?There was little size difference lol. I seriously wonder if Henry's stats show smaller than his actual size. 

 

I hope Henry sees this commentary, it will only fuel him more. Everyone has seen how to embarrases the nay sayers..

As long as Henry doesn't David Boston himself. Being a little bigger is fine.

[NashvilleNinja]

Listen to this fuckery sorcerer invent bullshit terminology to justify the bitter batter he's spittin.

 

Go have yourself a Sunday, King Henry. 

[oldschool]

35 minutes ago, japan said:

I’m sure the Ravens front 7 thought similarly last year. And since when doesn’t it count when it’s late in the game? 

 

Clark is talking about late in the play, not late in the game. His argument is that Henry doesn't run the same way around the line of scrimmage. The argument is crazy because Clark is confusing when the DL gets to henry before he gets started with how Henry looks against DBs with a full head of steam. 

[IsntLifeFunny]

40 minutes ago, japan said:

I’m sure the Ravens front 7 thought similarly last year. And since when doesn’t it count when it’s late in the game? 

He’s just an idiot who couldn’t get his point across. He was saying the only time Henry is mixing it up and bullying people is when he gets to the second level or outside, which is obviously stupid as fuck as he ran through 3 defenders on the OT TD just this past Sunday. 

[socaltitan]

Clark is an ex-Steeler. Don't forget that. I'd really love to see us kick their ass.

[Oilertattoo]

6 minutes ago, socaltitan said:

Clark is an ex-Steeler. Don't forget that. I'd really love to see us kick their ass.

As would we all.

[oldschool]

4 minutes ago, socaltitan said:

Clark is an ex-Steeler. Don't forget that. I'd really love to see us kick their ass.

 

I don't watch much espn but Clark is usually decent when breaking down game play. Clearly he's showin bias here but it was on that stupid hot take show so who knows, maybe he was asked to spice it up a little. Either way I doubt this affects the game much. The Steelers know they are facing a top 3 offense and they know Henry is a monster if he's allowed to get his shoulders parallel to the line of scrimmage while picking up steam. The Titans know they are facing the best defense they may see all year and will need to be at their best execution wise to win.  

[Jonboy]

Damage control!

 

 

[tgo]

Ooooooooooh boy. 

 

Here we go! 

 

LFG

[nine]

Henry is huge, but he's not a traditional bowling-ball power runner who comes in low and hard and plows through people.    He's a relatively upright runner who takes a couple steps to get up to full speed;  if a DL can get to him early before he establishes momentum, his strength is somewhat neutralized.

 

He often starts games slowly.....but as the game goes on and those big 300 lb. DL start to wear down, they lose a step and aren't penetrating into the backfield as frequently.    And without that penetration, Henry becomes absolutely dominant.   And the more he runs, the stronger he gets.

 

Henry is one of the most dominant and feared running backs of his generation, and his production speaks for itself.     We'll see how the Steelers fare against that so-called "fake bravery" this weekend.

[Jamalisms]

I think Lewan deleted that tweet.

[Jonboy]

6 minutes ago, Jamalisms said:

I think Lewan deleted that tweet.

Lots of Titans deleting tweets these days.

[Pragidealist]

It's a more intelligent take then it first sounds.  The "bravery" part got him into trouble.   The idea that he is more of a finesse back than people realize, may be true.  Henry called himself out early in this career about that.   He's got size and strength, but doesn't run like Bus, who just powered over and through people. 

 

Henry is really a very large finesse back who really wants to get into the secondary and punish DB's.   I think that's an fair evaluation and not really a knock on him.  It's why the Tannehill/ Henry partnership is so important and why MM and Henry just didn't work.    

 

That's not saying Henry can't use that power more and as he ages later in his career, he'll probably evolve more into that back.  But if you watch highlights of Henry from last year and then highlights of a guy like the Bus- you can see what he's saying.  

[BudsOilers]

I agree with him that Henry is far more finesse than people assume.  He's not trucking over front 7 players like Watt and Aaron Donald....... - it's DB's like Ramsey, Thomas, and Norman.  Henry, since the QB switch, has been consistently dominant but it's not in the same way that Jim Brown and Earl Campbell did it.

 

That's all Clark really said.  Hopefully Henry throws Fitzpatrick and company aside on Sunday.

 

 

[pat]

Let's see if Connor tries to run over Simmons