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2 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

Henry only had 15 carries last week. 15 carries two weeks before that. 

 

Even more they do not play him a ton. There are games he doesn't even have the majority of snaps at RB, Hill does. 

 

If the Ravens do not have a good lead Henry is not going to get a lot of carries. They pass and run a lot of spread before they get a lead. 

 

Today he had a 39 yard run, yes untouched wide open run. aside from that next to nothing. It's how his season as went but he has a lot of those runs

 

 

You talk like it doesn’t take skill to find the hole and pull away without being touched 

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It’s also worth noting that Henry led the NFL in rushing attempts and had zero fumbles….something hasn’t happened in almost 40 years.   The last guy to do this was Gerald Riggs way back in 1985.   

Look at all those defenders chasing down a rolling tomato can!

Derrick Henry sure seems to get a lot of those "anybody could do it, perfectly blocked plays" ever since he was declared a bum by message board illuminati.    Luckiest back in history, I gue

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4 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

Henry only had 15 carries last week. 15 carries two weeks before that. 

 

Even more they do not play him a ton. There are games he doesn't even have the majority of snaps at RB, Hill does. 

 

If the Ravens do not have a good lead Henry is not going to get a lot of carries. They pass and run a lot of spread before they get a lead. 

 

Today he had a 39 yard run, yes untouched wide open run. aside from that next to nothing. It's how his season as went but he has a lot of those runs

 

 

If you take Henry's good plays out of consideration, he actually kind of sucks.

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6 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

Henry only had 15 carries last week. 15 carries two weeks before that. 

 

Even more they do not play him a ton. There are games he doesn't even have the majority of snaps at RB, Hill does. 

 

If the Ravens do not have a good lead Henry is not going to get a lot of carries. They pass and run a lot of spread before they get a lead. 

 

Today he had a 39 yard run, yes untouched wide open run. aside from that next to nothing. It's how his season as went but he has a lot of those runs

 

... Aside from leading the league in rushing by 200 yds over the next guy coming into  the weekend while avg over 5yds a pop and pretty much as many explosive runs as anyone... But yeah, tomato can 

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4 minutes ago, TerryBoats said:

If you take Henry's good plays out of consideration, he actually kind of sucks.

 

That assumes you consider those "good plays"!

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4 minutes ago, begooode said:

 

... Aside from leading the league in rushing by 200 yds over the next guy coming into  the weekend while avg over 5yds a pop and pretty much as many explosive runs as anyone... But yeah, tomato can 

 

I was addressing his usage and carries not his ability. The Ravens have not been giving him volume, he has carries of 11, 15 and 15 in the last 4 games. 

 

They often spread the field and use Hill passing the ball. If they are behind they almost don't use him at all.

 

It's not a Vrabel situation 

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41 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

Henry only had 15 carries last week. 15 carries two weeks before that. 

 

Even more they do not play him a ton. There are games he doesn't even have the majority of snaps at RB, Hill does. 

 

If the Ravens do not have a good lead Henry is not going to get a lot of carries. They pass and run a lot of spread before they get a lead. 

 

Today he had a 39 yard run, yes untouched wide open run. aside from that next to nothing. It's how his season as went but he has a lot of those runs

 

 

You can stop any time now. He's 200 yards in front of the next rusher...and that's with him not being featured. You couldn't have been more wrong.

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37 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

Lets be real, the Ravens putrid defense is what's going to do them in, not their inconsistent running game 

Fair point, I thought that would happen when they lost Dennard. Too bad we cannot take advantage of what we have on defense, and continue to put the defense in insanely bad situations. 

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The way that the Ravens use Henry, is the way that ALL dynamic backs should be used. The idea that you have to force-feed a guy 30 carries is stupid and it's partly why Henry wasn't as productive here outside of the 2019-2020 golden age. That said, I still think the Ravens shouldn't be as rigid as they have been with when they take him off the field. Hard to criticize too much because they've certainly been good but I think they could have used him a bit more today. 

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1 hour ago, Mythos27 said:

The way that the Ravens use Henry, is the way that ALL dynamic backs should be used. The idea that you have to force-feed a guy 30 carries is stupid and it's partly why Henry wasn't as productive here outside of the 2019-2020 golden age. That said, I still think the Ravens shouldn't be as rigid as they have been with when they take him off the field. Hard to criticize too much because they've certainly been good but I think they could have used him a bit more today. 

He needs 20 carries a game. Ravens are where we were. They are 5-0 when Henry gets 20 carries and 0-3 when he doesn’t. They’re going to figure that out. 

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8 minutes ago, Stevenths78 said:

He needs 20 carries a game. Ravens are where we were. They are 5-0 when Henry gets 20 carries and 0-3 when he doesn’t. They’re going to figure that out. 


No, he gets 20 carrieds when they are winning 

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