No player in NFL history has run for as many yards in back-to-back playoff games than Derrick Henry
If you have somehow missed it, Derrick Henry has emerged as arguably the most dangerous weapon in the NFL.
Similar to Alabama back in 2015, the Tennessee Titans have masterfully built their offense around Henry this season and the fruits of that decision are paying off in a big way for the NFL team.
Looking beyond how impressive Henry was during the regular season, he won the NFL rushing title with 1,540 rushing yards and tied the league lead with 16 rushing touchdowns, Henry has stepped his game up to another level when the Titans needed him the most.
Following his incredible 190-yard performance on the ground Saturday night, Henry now has 372 rushing yards this postseason after he racked up 182 yards on the Patriots last weekend. Those 372 rushing yards are the most ever in NFL playoff history in a two-game span for a single player.
If that isn’t impressive enough for you, according to the CBS broadcast from Saturday night’s game, Henry also has more rushing yards in the first four playoff games of his career than any player in NFL history.
Derrick Henry is a monster. Literally made Earl Thomas his lead blocker on this play. pic.twitter.com/5bx9ITmFlX
— Brian Chojnacki (@BroadcastingBri) January 12, 2020
Alabama fans have seen this one before.
Henry should be the MVP.
Another product from the SEC
Amazing year-not sure any other RB could take a month off, win the rushing title, and keep it up through half the playoffs while leading the team.
On a slightly related note, I wonder if the NFL has finally learned its lesson with dual threat qb’s that tank after year one once the defenses figure them out:
Kaep
Manziel
Tebow
Cam
Lamar?
You can win a super bowl with a crap passing qb (Trent Dilfer) and a great D, but somehow these dual threat guys collapse and collapse hard every single time.
Lastly, great seeing running and defense destroy Goodell’s BS pass happy flag football league.
Figured Lamar Out? He still passed for 360 yards and ran for 140. Lol that’s hardly figuring him out. Raven’s lost this game by poor play calls on 4th down. They should’ve did what the titans did and handed the ball off to another Alabama running back…Mark Ingram.
Why did Lamar decide to take the keeper on nearly every RPO? That’s his read and responsibility. He also missed the hole on the 4th and 1. He also killed several minutes off the clock by running around the backfield in the 4th, preventing a comeback. Also-had some miserable throws. It’s not a given he’s a one year wonder (as noted by the question mark you chose to ignore), but we’ve heard this song before several times so history favors him flopping in the future.
Jackson had 3 turnovers and 2 4th down stops. He wasn’t shut down, he just made several big mistakes.
What were his averages in passing and rushing last night compared to the rest of the season? Wouldn’t this poor performance in comparison be indicative that the Titans played well? Is your argument that everybody but Lamar failed Lamar and that’s why he looked bad?
No, I’m saying that the Titans didn’t win because they consistently slowed down his offensive system or that his dual-threat capabilities didn’t lend a helping hand (Jackson still had 500 yards of offense)–I’m saying he lost for the same reasons that most teams with stout but not necessarily shutdown defenses facing talented but young and inexperienced QBs would’ve won: Lamar made crucial, backbreaking errors that erased productive drives. Therefore, it didn’t show up on his yardage sheet, but on the scoreboard. The Titans won because they forced him into making those mistakes and because they played a safe, conservative gameplan revolving around a physical running game and making the passes when they needed to–exactly what Kirby’s formula is or was.
Could it be that those mistakes were caused by the Titan’s great scheming (which is my point)? So the argument is that Lamar beat himself? Only two teams managed to beat the Raven until last Sat and they were a ten point favorite. I realize the Titans were a 9-7 team but you don’t beat both the prior year champs and the best qb in the current year because they both beat themselves. Brady and Lamar didn’t forget how to play suddenly.
I agree that the Ravens could be using Kirby’s scheme because they got the same result in the game that matters most. Also had some flops on 4th down.
I think each of these QB’s had different issues. Kaep put his political profile ahead of his career (I don’t agree with his takes but its his life), Manziel had drug and alcohol issues, Tebow had accuracy issues and got on teams that didn’t think he could be developed, Cam had injury issues but had several good seasons. I think Lamar’s story is far from over.
I can buy all but Kaep. He only got political when he started sucking. These are just examples from the last 5 years, but there’s many more in the past 20. Still no dual threat qb who won a superbowl. I’m in a believe it when I see it mode with this type of qb.
What was Steve Young? Was he not a dual threat? I think the category the QBs mentioned fall in is black QBs. Lamar Jackson is young. He made mistakes that one would expect a you g inexperienced player to make. I hope he bounces back from this loss and comes back strong next season. It’s hard to duplicate that effort because when you have that level of talent you become an object of concern for defenses. He will be studied on the offseason and during the preseason by every defense in the league. If he truly is better than Michael Vick he will be consistent. On another note, Cam Newton does not belong on this list. He is a former MVP and took his team to the Super Bowl. Though they didn’t win, Cam has been pretty consistent with his numbers. That’s just my take!
Tebow and Manziel are white, while Kaep is nowhere near fully African-American. It’s too early to start casting judgment on Lamar.
Dual threats aren’t exclusively black. I’ll also retract Cam. He hasn’t flopped but will never go down as a great NFL qb. Above avg possibly, but not one of the greats.
Built by Bama. But in all honesty, this man would have won any school he went to… But Roll Tide and “Go on Henry”
He’s a generational talent and that’s the main driver of his success. Great players can’t be stopped by crappy teams (Kamara)
It’s always fun to watch people get tired of tackling that monster, especially late in the season when it is cold and you’ve had all those other months of wear and tear.