Derrick Henry Eyes 2,000 Yards in High-Stakes NFL Game

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00:00Well, Derrick Henry could very well get himself some history.

00:04It's only going to cost him about 225 yards, though.

00:08Derrick Henry's best games do typically come, Donnie, when we talk about Week 18.

00:13Is there a world where this team thinks, hey, maybe 2,000 yards for Derrick Henry this season?

00:19It's a big number.

00:20It really is.

00:21But it's one of those where you play it by ear.

00:23If you are going to get close to that number, you owe it to the player to probably to get

00:27it.

00:28Now, getting close does not mean 101 yards in a meaningless football game.

00:31Getting close means I have 101 yards in the first half, and I think I can get it by the

00:35end of the third quarter.

00:36But also understand this.

00:38The goal of the Baltimore Ravens is not to get 2,000 yards for Derrick Henry today.

00:42It's to win a Super Bowl and Derrick Henry full blast by the time the playoffs start.

00:46But having said that, I look at this game and say, you give me one carry, 65 yards on

00:50the first drive of the game, now you got to party.

00:53It'll be very interesting to see because there's a lot of history that could potentially be

00:58on the line today.

01:00But Derrick Henry going higher than 91 and a half rushing yards, which is the first entry

01:05for me on SportsMillion's Pick'Em, is not something that, again, necessarily you need

01:10history for.

01:11That for Henry, at times, at least, he is a low bar.

01:14And certainly the last two games, he has been well higher than 91 and a half.

01:19Yeah, on Christmas Day, 147 yards, multiple touches in the first half.

01:24Typically, when he does hit that number, over 100 yards, he's definitely running the

01:29football in the first half of that matchup.

01:31So I think higher is a very good look in regards to today's matchup.

01:35They're going to feed him early.

01:36They're going to feed him often.

01:38Look to build that first half lead.

01:39And if they could get this game, let's say 14 points, 21 points in terms of a lead in

01:45the second half, they might rest him.

01:46But 89, 90 yards in the first half, I think is very doable.

01:52There's also one quick other question before we get to some SportsMillion's Pick'Em options

01:57between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

01:59Is there a world, Donnie?

02:00All of a sudden, Derrick Henry does run for 2,000.

02:02But that, again, I know it's a huge number, but could that muddy the water at all on the

02:07Saquon season?

02:08No, I don't think it does, because you're also under the same opportunity that Saquon

02:11is going to sit this week out.

02:13And if he did play against the Giants, he'd be going well above 100 yards, getting that

02:17total, and then setting the all-time record.

02:19I don't think this is a knock at all on Saquon, where he can lose anything in the awards race.

02:23And I also think that at the moment, Saquon is, right or wrong, viewed as the MVP of the

02:29Philadelphia Eagles.

02:30I think that's how people view it on the season.

02:33I think that there are about seven, eight guys you could maybe make the argument it

02:36feels like, and two of them play on the offensive line.

02:39But I think that that potentially will keep Saquon's path very clear, as opposed to Derrick

02:44Henry with Lamar, Jamar Chase with Joe Burrow.

02:47And speaking of Joe Burrow, on SportsMillion's pick, I'm higher than 281 and a half passing

02:53yards.

02:54Joe Burrow throws for 400 against Denver.

02:57We know that in the biggest games, Joe Burrow is going to step up, and I fully expect Joe

03:02Burrow to do just that here today against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

03:07And you know, we talk about benchmarks for Derrick Henry, 359 yards is what Joe Burrow

03:13needs to throw for 5,000.

03:15I'm not telling you that priority one for Joe Burrow is throwing for 5,000.

03:19But typically, in order for Cincinnati to do anything anyway, he's got to throw for

03:23about 320, Joe.

03:25I expect more of the same from Joe Burrow.

03:26And with the injury to Chase Brown, it's going to be more on Joe Burrow to step up.

03:30And the last time that they played Pittsburgh, he throws for 307, 308 yards.

03:35They're going to need him to be higher than 283 and a half today to actually win the game.

03:40I don't think he can throw for 200, and they win a lower scoring game against the Pittsburgh

03:45Steelers.

03:46Yeah.

03:47And potentially then opening up some other options on SportsMillions, pick them around.

03:51Jamar Chase, or even Tee Higgins, you want to go lower level, Yosef Ash, all of those

03:56are out there.

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