Derrick Henry's Impact on the Ravens' Game Strategy

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00:00Let's talk King Henry, and let's talk the absence of Zay Flowers.

00:05I want to start with the King, Lee C.

00:08You know, you've got a guy who teams have wondered for a while,

00:14like, man, what could King Henry do if he went to Dallas,

00:18maybe Buffalo, or Baltimore?

00:21Well, here he is now, and it's a Ravens team.

00:24Again, this year throwing the football has been incredible for them,

00:27but it's a Ravens team since Lamar has been there that's been built on running,

00:31a team that forgot to run the football last year in the conference title game,

00:34and it feels as if a little bit the MO this year, to Donnie's point, will be Lee C.

00:39Run the football.

00:40What do you expect out of Henry today?

00:42A big day, a big day.

00:43When Baltimore dominates teams, and I'm talking 20, 25-plus per game,

00:48yes, Lamar Jackson is doing it through the air,

00:50but Derrick Henry's eating in regards to the ground.

00:53Look at the first meeting or the game earlier in the year when they played Buffalo, right?

00:57That was a telltale AFC battle, right?

01:00Two top teams.

01:01Derrick Henry pounds the rock for 150 yards, dictates the tempo.

01:05He gets multiple touchdowns.

01:06They win that ballgame going away by 25 points.

01:10Last week he has 33 yards at the half.

01:13It's a maybe within margin type of game, Cleveland.

01:16All of a sudden they start feeding him in the second half of that matchup.

01:19He breaks free, gets 147 yards and two touchdowns.

01:22In regards to the dominating win, they win that game by 25 points.

01:26When teams limit Derrick Henry or the offensive philosophy

01:30shifts from Derrick Henry to Lamar Jackson,

01:33throwing it 30 and 40 times per game per se,

01:37that's where they're in games.

01:39And again, I think you start this matchup,

01:41see if you could run the football with Derrick Henry,

01:43see if he's ripping off runs.

01:45Let's not forget the game that they played the charges.

01:48Derrick Henry in the first half had like 80, 90 yards on the road.

01:52He's dominating.

01:53They're getting a push.

01:54I mean, when they're blowing teams off in terms of the front seven

01:57and their offensive line is dominating,

01:59they could have their way through the air, on the ground.

02:02But it does come down to Henry.

02:04I think he needs to get over his total tonight.

02:06No, he does.

02:07And also one of the bets I was going to make didn't make it,

02:08might still make it later, over 20 and a half carries for Derrick Henry.

02:11Like that's the pathway to victory.

02:12And when you talk about, well, Donnie, they're going to be loading up the box.

02:15There's very few backs in the NFL.

02:17Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry.

02:19Who cares they have 11 in the box?

02:21You just keep giving them the football.

02:23Even though you saw last week, they had the Cleveland game, right?

02:25It's like, man, he just bottled up in the first half.

02:27You keep giving them the football, great things happen.

02:29Did you see the second half for Henry running wild, multiple touchdowns here?

02:32That's the guy he is.

02:33And also how about this one?

02:3419 and a half is his longest rush today.

02:36He's just like, boy, he's got to get 20 yards at this point.

02:38Look at his longest rush.

02:40Like every game it feels like 25, 30, 35, 40 and plus.

02:43And also if you don't have it at the half,

02:45it usually gets better in the second half, Joe.

02:47You wear those defenses down.

02:48It's like, wow, there's the Henry, 60-yard touchdown run.

02:51When Derrick Henry's successful, Kev,

02:53it's between the A and B gaps right off tackle or right up the middle.

02:57When Derrick Henry is non-successful for the most part,

03:01it's when they string him out, toss sweeps,

03:03and they have that defense, the ability to actually extend and run sideline to sideline.

03:07You keep feeding him that football between the tackles.

03:10Eventually, guys don't want to tackle a 250-pound running back.

03:14So that's where it opens up the play-action attack

03:17and takes the pressure off of Lamar Jackson to carry this team.

03:20But what is the offensive philosophy in terms of the Baltimore Ravens tonight?

03:25Ultimately, that'll dictate whether they cover and whether this total comes in.

03:28I don't know how many people have taken a look at the Derrick Henry postseason game log.

03:32There's seven games.

03:33Four of them, he's had 62 or less yards.

03:37That's not great.

03:39The three overs, 23 for 156, 34 for 182, and 30 for 195.

03:46When he's on, he's absolutely on.

03:50But the oddity is you think back to those Tennessee teams,

03:54if he's on, great, keep giving it to him.

03:56We have no other options here.

03:58You mentioned the attempts numbered on.

04:01If he runs the ball 25 times, I feel like something went wrong.

04:04They shouldn't need to use him that much.

04:0617 for 148 and three scores.

04:08That's the nervous part about it.

04:09And do you have the game so much in hand that in the second half,

04:12you're like, we don't even need to use the guy.

04:14I will say this.

04:15Maybe no funnier thing would be to sit with you and watch a rush attempt

04:19spent on Henry because that first run goes for 75 yards.

04:23That's playing yourself.

04:24Tackle him.

04:25Get him.

04:26We need at least three more carries on this drive.

04:28I will say I am on a Lamar Jackson longest rush prop, 15 and a half.

04:33Five and one on that number in his postseason career.

04:36Seven and three on that number this year against teams that made the playoffs.

04:40Expect Lamar as always to wiggle when it gets to the playoffs there.

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