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Derrick Henry's Impact on the Ravens' Game Strategy
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1/11/2025
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00:00
Let's talk King Henry, and let's talk the absence of Zay Flowers.
00:05
I want to start with the King, Lee C.
00:08
You know, you've got a guy who teams have wondered for a while,
00:14
like, man, what could King Henry do if he went to Dallas,
00:18
maybe Buffalo, or Baltimore?
00:21
Well, here he is now, and it's a Ravens team.
00:24
Again, this year throwing the football has been incredible for them,
00:27
but it's a Ravens team since Lamar has been there that's been built on running,
00:31
a team that forgot to run the football last year in the conference title game,
00:34
and it feels as if a little bit the MO this year, to Donnie's point, will be Lee C.
00:39
Run the football.
00:40
What do you expect out of Henry today?
00:42
A big day, a big day.
00:43
When Baltimore dominates teams, and I'm talking 20, 25-plus per game,
00:48
yes, Lamar Jackson is doing it through the air,
00:50
but Derrick Henry's eating in regards to the ground.
00:53
Look at the first meeting or the game earlier in the year when they played Buffalo, right?
00:57
That was a telltale AFC battle, right?
01:00
Two top teams.
01:01
Derrick Henry pounds the rock for 150 yards, dictates the tempo.
01:05
He gets multiple touchdowns.
01:06
They win that ballgame going away by 25 points.
01:10
Last week he has 33 yards at the half.
01:13
It's a maybe within margin type of game, Cleveland.
01:16
All of a sudden they start feeding him in the second half of that matchup.
01:19
He breaks free, gets 147 yards and two touchdowns.
01:22
In regards to the dominating win, they win that game by 25 points.
01:26
When teams limit Derrick Henry or the offensive philosophy
01:30
shifts from Derrick Henry to Lamar Jackson,
01:33
throwing it 30 and 40 times per game per se,
01:37
that's where they're in games.
01:39
And again, I think you start this matchup,
01:41
see if you could run the football with Derrick Henry,
01:43
see if he's ripping off runs.
01:45
Let's not forget the game that they played the charges.
01:48
Derrick Henry in the first half had like 80, 90 yards on the road.
01:52
He's dominating.
01:53
They're getting a push.
01:54
I mean, when they're blowing teams off in terms of the front seven
01:57
and their offensive line is dominating,
01:59
they could have their way through the air, on the ground.
02:02
But it does come down to Henry.
02:04
I think he needs to get over his total tonight.
02:06
No, he does.
02:07
And also one of the bets I was going to make didn't make it,
02:08
might still make it later, over 20 and a half carries for Derrick Henry.
02:11
Like that's the pathway to victory.
02:12
And when you talk about, well, Donnie, they're going to be loading up the box.
02:15
There's very few backs in the NFL.
02:17
Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry.
02:19
Who cares they have 11 in the box?
02:21
You just keep giving them the football.
02:23
Even though you saw last week, they had the Cleveland game, right?
02:25
It's like, man, he just bottled up in the first half.
02:27
You keep giving them the football, great things happen.
02:29
Did you see the second half for Henry running wild, multiple touchdowns here?
02:32
That's the guy he is.
02:33
And also how about this one?
02:34
19 and a half is his longest rush today.
02:36
He's just like, boy, he's got to get 20 yards at this point.
02:38
Look at his longest rush.
02:40
Like every game it feels like 25, 30, 35, 40 and plus.
02:43
And also if you don't have it at the half,
02:45
it usually gets better in the second half, Joe.
02:47
You wear those defenses down.
02:48
It's like, wow, there's the Henry, 60-yard touchdown run.
02:51
When Derrick Henry's successful, Kev,
02:53
it's between the A and B gaps right off tackle or right up the middle.
02:57
When Derrick Henry is non-successful for the most part,
03:01
it's when they string him out, toss sweeps,
03:03
and they have that defense, the ability to actually extend and run sideline to sideline.
03:07
You keep feeding him that football between the tackles.
03:10
Eventually, guys don't want to tackle a 250-pound running back.
03:14
So that's where it opens up the play-action attack
03:17
and takes the pressure off of Lamar Jackson to carry this team.
03:20
But what is the offensive philosophy in terms of the Baltimore Ravens tonight?
03:25
Ultimately, that'll dictate whether they cover and whether this total comes in.
03:28
I don't know how many people have taken a look at the Derrick Henry postseason game log.
03:32
There's seven games.
03:33
Four of them, he's had 62 or less yards.
03:37
That's not great.
03:39
The three overs, 23 for 156, 34 for 182, and 30 for 195.
03:46
When he's on, he's absolutely on.
03:50
But the oddity is you think back to those Tennessee teams,
03:54
if he's on, great, keep giving it to him.
03:56
We have no other options here.
03:58
You mentioned the attempts numbered on.
04:01
If he runs the ball 25 times, I feel like something went wrong.
04:04
They shouldn't need to use him that much.
04:06
17 for 148 and three scores.
04:08
That's the nervous part about it.
04:09
And do you have the game so much in hand that in the second half,
04:12
you're like, we don't even need to use the guy.
04:14
I will say this.
04:15
Maybe no funnier thing would be to sit with you and watch a rush attempt
04:19
spent on Henry because that first run goes for 75 yards.
04:23
That's playing yourself.
04:24
Tackle him.
04:25
Get him.
04:26
We need at least three more carries on this drive.
04:28
I will say I am on a Lamar Jackson longest rush prop, 15 and a half.
04:33
Five and one on that number in his postseason career.
04:36
Seven and three on that number this year against teams that made the playoffs.
04:40
Expect Lamar as always to wiggle when it gets to the playoffs there.
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