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Or his 94-yard run against Houston in 2020 or the 76-yard run he had against Buffalo last season, two weeks before breaking a bone in his foot against the Colts, which forced him to miss the remainder of the regular season. 25 and was a nice run where he broke a couple tackles before being pulled down at the 1-yard line.īut it was nothing like the 99-yard touchdown he scored against Jacksonville in 2018. It came against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sept. Henry's longest run this season is only 24 yards. SLOW START: If Tennessee Titans can't get Derrick Henry going, a dreadful season awaits | Estes HENRY CATCHING ON: Derrick Henry's pass catching gives Tennessee Titans' opponents something new to worry about NFL'S BEST RB? Who Tennessee Titans' Derrick Henry says might be NFL's best running back may surprise you "When it comes, it comes," Henry said Thursday. One of the main reasons for Henry's lack of production has been that he hasn't been able to break off one of the long runs he's been known for throughout his career. Henry led the NFL in rushing in 20, but is ranked 10th with 408 yards on 104 carries.

Of the backs that meet the minimum threshold for rush attempts, 6 Henry ranks second, averaging over half an extra defender near the line of scrimmage over what we would expect given the game state.View Gallery: Derrick Henry: Tennessee Titans running back in photos By adjusting for these situations, we can get a clearer picture of just how much respect a defensive coordinator has for each back. 4 Plays on third-and-long rarely need extra defenders near the line of scrimmage, while plays on third-and-short in the red zone often have many defenders crowding the box. Using our Defenders in the Box Over Expected metric, we calculated which running backs have seen the most stacked boxes in 2021 after adjusting for the probability of a play being a dropback. So far this season, teams have done the smart and rational thing and brought extra help when facing the Titans. With his freakish combination of size and speed joined with a stunning stiff arm, Henry rightly strikes terror in the hearts of defenses tasked with tackling him. Instead, on the league-leading 41 rushing plays since 2016 in which Henry utilized a stiff arm, 3 he’s gained 460 yards after contact and has averaged over 15 yards per run. The 2015 Heisman Trophy winner doesn’t often waste his signature move on mere 5-yard runs. And getting the heavy hand from Henry isn’t just for show. The final problem for Henry’s opponents is perhaps his most dominating skill: He has the best stiff arm in the game. Henry can reach speeds of up to 21.8 miles per hour in the open field, so stopping him before he gets going is a point of emphasis for defenses. Henry leads the NFL with 120 runs of 10 yards or more since 2019, 2 and he has eight runs of 50 yards or more, also tops in the league. So how might a team’s respect for Henry’s dominance manifest itself, and what parts of his game strike the most fear into his opponents? The first problem is that he’s damn fast. Betting markets currently give him about a 6 percent shot to win the MVP, good for eighth place on a list dominated by quarterbacks. Henry’s gaudy stats have tentatively put him in the MVP discussion. And while extrapolating future production in this way is usually a terrifically bad idea, it’s not entirely out of the question: Last year, Henry averaged 126.7 yards per game over a 16-game season.

If he can keep up that pace, because of the expanded 17-game season, he would break Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record of 2,105 by almost 5 yards. 1 Through Week 7, Henry is averaging 124.1 yards per game. In 2020, Henry became the first back to rush for 2,000 yards or more since Adrian Peterson in 2012. And this past week against the Kansas City Chiefs, he even threw a touchdown pass, the second of his career. His 43 regular-season rushing touchdowns since 2019 are best in the league. Through Week 7, the Tennessee Titans running back leads the league for the third time in as many years in rushing yardage.