Derrick Henry's Offensive Player of the Year Race 2024

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00:00And I thought it would be a nice little transition into your offensive player of the year race

00:07because we did see on Thursday, Derrick Henry, do what he always does, he scored every single

00:13game this season, only one game he didn't have a rushing touchdown, well he then caught

00:18a touchdown and he, again, he just finds a way, right, DRS, you saw Lamar get tackled

00:23at the one, you knew what that meant, boom, Derrick Henry gets in.

00:26Now, for Derrick Henry's level this season, it was an underwhelming game, only 68 yards

00:32and the one touchdown didn't really add much of anything in the receiving game, that's

00:36par for the course.

00:37This race, which was initially expected to be wide receiver heavy, Tyree killed the favorite,

00:43Jess McCaffrey was in the mix, then Lam, Chase, Jefferson, it is at the moment a two-man show

00:49with Derrick Henry and then Saquon Barkley.

00:53Do you think, DRS, Henry left the door open for Saquon against Dallas to become the favorite

01:00if he has a big game here?

01:01I mean, I can't say no, like if he goes out there for a buck seventy-five and two scores

01:05and is the catalyst for his new job, that's how high he needs to be, yes, because I still

01:09do think they are 1-1A for a reason, and the reason being is the 1A is Derrick Henry because

01:14he gets those touchdown opportunities, which Saquon Barkley technically doesn't get, Saquon

01:18Barkley better score from the 10 yards out because he's not getting those goal-line carries,

01:22but if you're asking me now, also from a national spotlight, I do think Derrick Henry is getting

01:26even more press than Saquon Barkley, as crazy as that sounds.

01:29I agree it should be minus 150 plus 250, but that could change, like the NFL, we're not

01:33just talking about, hey, well if one guy gets injured, Saquon Barkley has the ability every

01:37single week to put up 100 plus yards and also a touchdown, it's just a matter if he gets

01:42it.

01:43I trust more in the rest of the regular season, Joe, with Derrick Henry continuing to getting

01:47those goal-line carries where I don't know if Saquon Barkley can get those.

01:50I think if Saquon does start, you know, just racking up yards the way Christian McCaffrey

01:55did, not just rushing, what'd he do, a buck 59 last week, but the play where he's jumping

01:59over people, he's making multiple touchdowns, we saw him receive a touchdown against Jacksonville,

02:05right, you're having multiple opportunities and touches, I think that's an opportunity

02:09in that type of situation where he could overcome Derrick Henry, Derrick Henry's still not utilized

02:15in regards to the screen game or the short-term intermediate passing game, that's an opportunity

02:19down the stretch where Saquon could potentially catch him if he puts up dynamic numbers.

02:24I think from a lottery perspective, you know, you look at that list and you say, okay, outside

02:29those two, you want to take a flyer?

02:31The two kids from LSU, if they just go off and more Jefferson than Chase, because Chase

02:36right now is secondary where the team is, right?

02:40Minnesota's still fighting for playoff contention.

02:43If Justin Jefferson puts up 200-yard performances week in and week out, I'm not saying he's

02:48going to, but he's capable of, that's at the value 14 or 16 to 1 wherever he is.

02:55That's a great lottery ticket down the stretch.

02:57So what I'll just quickly say on the Saquon Henry race is, I think Derrick Henry is benefiting

03:03from the fact, he's played two more games than Saquon at the moment.

03:07This week and then they haven't had their bye week yet.

03:10I know Saquon's going to struggle to catch him in touchdowns, Saquon's at currently eight

03:14total, Henry's at 14 total scores.

03:17Saquon does average more yards per game.

03:20I don't have a good sense if this is going to come down to a team thing, but if it does,

03:26I'm telling you that will end up favoring Philadelphia.

03:28I think the schedule is more so there for it than it is for Derrick Henry.

03:32I also, I think it's very interesting that both guys get this argument of what they've

03:38done for their teams, because that is where it would have been a separator.

03:42If one of them was going against McCaffrey, the separator would have been, man, Saquon's

03:47transformed Philly or Henry's transformed Baltimore.

03:50They both get to make that argument.

03:52You mentioned Jamar Chase, Joe, and Chase currently has 10 receiving touchdowns.

03:58Next closest player, shout out to him, Mike Evans, because that's what Mike Evans does

04:03as well as George Kittle.

04:05But with six, I wonder how high Chase can get on that touchdown number.

04:10I think he'd have to get very high.

04:12I'm not sure, because look, Chase isn't going to win it with record, but we already kind

04:16of know that.

04:17I don't think Jay Jettis isn't having a season of his caliber, I think, to win.

04:22I think Jay Jettis, can we get 2,000 yards?

04:25That's the bar he set for himself, only having five touchdowns for Justin Jefferson.

04:30Can Jamar Chase get, I mean, can he get 17 touchdowns?

04:33He's played 10 games and has 10 touchdowns.

04:35Can we get 20 touchdowns out of Jamar Chase?

04:38If he duplicates what we saw on Monday night, I mean, Thursday night, anything's possible.

04:42I mean, the yards after the catch are amazing.

04:45That's what he brings to the table, right?

04:47We talk about him and Justin Jefferson.

04:49Justin Jefferson's always open, but Jamar Chase could take an eight-yard hitch and take

04:53it to the house.

04:54That's exactly what he can do.

04:56So you have the opportunity to put up 200-yard performances.

04:58By the way, quickly on Chase, let's talk business, too.

05:01I did bet Cincinnati to make the playoffs here after their game, a good little price.

05:05But after that, why don't you shut them down at the end of the season if you can't make

05:08the playoffs?

05:09He's got big money coming.

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