Derrick Henry's Impact on the Baltimore Ravens in 2024

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00:00So let's continue with the Baltimore Ravens.

00:05Now I'm excited for one player in particular for his season long play, for his wagering,

00:12his props.

00:13I mean, I'm just so excited for the new environment for Derrick Henry, but talk to me about the

00:16Baltimore Ravens overall first.

00:19You and me both, uh, Derrick Henry last year still had a great rushing season despite the

00:25fact that he played on a Tennessee Titans who could not move a chain if their life depended

00:29on it.

00:30Oh, the offense was terrible.

00:31Now he's going to a team that ran the football more than any other team, more successfully

00:35than any other team.

00:37That's right.

00:38Baltimore Ravens.

00:39It's a great opportunity for Derrick Henry.

00:40And it's funny, Matt, because in PPR leagues, you see people are kind of hating Derrick

00:47Henry.

00:48It's like, Oh, Derrick Henry has been around forever.

00:49Oh, he's 30.

00:50Look, Derrick Henry is a 10th running back off the board.

00:54Yes, please.

00:55Like, what are we doing here?

00:56I just don't understand this.

00:57You know, Kyrie Williams had a great season last year.

01:00I understand that.

01:01But Derrick Henry is closer to Josh Jacobs than he is to Christian McCaffrey in the current

01:07ADP.

01:08It makes my head hurt.

01:10And I know he is not an all purpose running back.

01:12He's not going to go out there and catch 70 balls.

01:14That's not Derrick Henry's game, but is he a guy who could maybe score 15 touchdowns?

01:18Yes.

01:19Yards are yards.

01:20Touchdowns are touchdowns.

01:21And every single year, Lamar Jackson gets thinner and thinner and has a little bit less

01:25goal line equity.

01:27And you know what?

01:28Derrick Henry has a ton of it in this offensive weight structure.

01:31Keith Mitchell is behind him as the backup.

01:32It doesn't matter.

01:33It's all going to Derrick Henry this year.

01:35Derrick Henry has a great opportunity to show everybody, remind everybody that he can be

01:39that dude.

01:41The last guy to lead the league in rushing at this age was Barry Sanders at 29.

01:45He's going to the Hall of Fame.

01:46Guess what?

01:47So is Derrick Henry someday.

01:48So there's a great opportunity here for Derrick Henry to remind everybody how good he is.

01:52And I think also take a little bit of pressure off Lamar Jackson.

01:55Now, Lamar Jackson actually coming off a year where he had his best passing season, arguably

02:01statistically.

02:02The most passing yards of his career, which is around 3,600 mark.

02:07He still did not lose any of that rushing equity that we like so much about him as a

02:11fantasy quarterback too, 821 yards rushing last year.

02:15That's more than the previous two years.

02:17So he finished his QB four.

02:19My only problem with Lamar Jackson is this.

02:22If you can draft Anthony Richardson around or two rounds later, yes, it's a little risky,

02:28but are you basically getting the same kind of player?

02:32I think the answer statistically is yes, and I think Richardson might have more rushing

02:36touchdown equity than Lamar Jackson does in 2024 with the way the Ravens are structured

02:43with Derrick Henry there and with again, the size of Lamar Jackson every year, he comes

02:47in lighter and lighter and we keep looking around going, all right, well, how does that

02:50affect this game?

02:52It's not that it has me concerned.

02:53It just means to me when we get to the goal line, I don't know if Lamar Jackson is the

02:57guy that I want.

02:58Is he still going to score some rushing touchdowns?

02:59Of course he is.

03:00Is he going to have 13 or 15?

03:02Probably not.

03:04The other thing to look at too is this wide receiver core, which I love Zay Flowers.

03:09I think you saw moments of Zay Flowers last year.

03:12I still think Zay Flowers is more of a really good number two or one A. I don't think he's

03:17a dominant guy.

03:18We shall see.

03:19Rashad Bateman's never on the field.

03:22Devontae Walker, not where I want to go.

03:26Once again, the number one target guy is probably going to be Mark Andrews in this offense,

03:29but Matt, that's where I struggle too because Mark Andrews, another guy that had some injury

03:33issues, Trey McBride, Dalton Kincaid, Kyle Pitts, all good values on that tight end board

03:39in that similar sort of ADP.

03:42So I don't know.

03:43Do I want to reach necessarily for Mark Andrews when I can wait and get Dalton Kincaid or

03:47Kyle Pitts?

03:48I think I want to wait on the younger guy, but Matt, what do you think?

03:52Do you think Mark Andrews is a guy that you just go right back down to the well and just

03:55trust that he's been the favorite target of Lamar Jackson for these many years?

04:00He's been the favorite target, but Lamar Jackson's never had Derrick Henry.

04:03It changes the entire offense.

04:04And you were talking about those goal line plays and things like that.

04:08Teams are really going to have to plan now, not just for Lamar, but for Derrick Henry

04:11as well and Mark Andrews.

04:12So I think inside of the red zone, a guy like Mark Andrews, if you open up your fantasy

04:16black book on him and you look at the projections, you can see that there could be some value

04:20there if he slips to you at the right place.

04:22Joe?

04:23Yeah, he missed a few games in 2022, missed plenty of games last year in 2023, played

04:27just 10 games.

04:29That's what hurts you the most when you get a player that's missing significant time.

04:32And can they afford to have Mark Andrews out?

04:35The answer is probably no.

04:36The Baltimore Ravens, again, Derrick Henry, huge value, St. Flowers, intriguing, Lamar

04:41Jackson.

04:42I think I might just want to wait for Richardson instead and pay a little bit less price.

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