Derrick

Henry

The 31-year-old Henry rushed 325 times for 1,921 yards and 16 touchdowns, producing regular season career-bests in yards per carry (5.9) and missed tackles forced (80). Henry also caught 19-of-21 targets for 193 yards and two touchdowns. He finished as the overall RB4 in PPR scoring, totaling 336.4 points. Henry’s age would be a red flag for most running backs but given his astonishing successes in his first season playing alongside Lamar Jackson, fantasy managers should once again treat Henry as a high-end RB1 on draft day.

The Ravens got up to an early lead over Pittsburgh, putting Henry in prime position to pummel the Steelers into submission in the second half. The bruising back obliged with a 44-yard score in the third quarter to go along with a shorter touchdown from the first half. Henry enters the Divisional Round on a streak of four games with at least 160 yards from scrimmage. If the Bills take care of business versus Denver, Henry and the Ravens will travel to Buffalo next week for a chance to play in the AFC Championship.

Henry struggled to find room to run in the first half, entering the break with just eight yards to his ledger. He would experience greater efficiency after halftime, erupting for 130 yards and two scores over the final two quarters of play against a battered Browns defense. His 138-yard effort sees him fall just short of setting an NFL record with his second 2,000-yard season, but he did set a different record with his third season of more than 1,500 yards and 15 or more touchdowns. The Ravens must wait for the rest of the weekend’s games to play out before they learn their opponent for the Wildcard Round.

For fantasy purposes, Henry was the Raven most hurt by Houston’s inability to keep up with Baltimore. The bruising back had 10 carries for 86 yards and a touchdown through 15 minutes. He continued to bully the Texans in the second and third quarters, but Lamar Jackson scored the team’s following three touchdowns before John Harbaugh called off the dogs in the fourth quarter and gave his starters some rest. Had the Texans kept the game competitive, Henry could have posted even more monstrous numbers in the final week of the fantasy season. He should close out the year with a bang as Baltimore looks to secure the AFC North crown with a win over Cleveland in Week 18.

Henry erupted for 74 yards in the first half, which was more than he had all game the last time these two teams met. Positive game script allowed the Ravens to ride the King for the final two frames, eventually allowing him to amass 189 combined yards. The only relative blemish on his box score was an inability to score as quarterback Lamar Jackson set a franchise record and career high with his 35th, 36th, and 37th touchdown pass of the season. Henry and the Ravens get a beleaguered Texans team in Week 17 as they chase another AFC North title down the stretch.

Henry was a non-factor against a quietly solid New York run defense. It was the Giants secondary that was tormented against the Ravens, with Lamar Jackson throwing for 290 yards and five touchdowns. Henry ceded all the backfield pass-catching work to Justice Hill, who had five grabs for 61 yards and a touchdown against the Giants. Henry ran a route on just 10 of the team’s 29 drop backs. Henry gets the Steelers in Week 16. He had 65 yards and a touchdown against the Steelers in Week 11.

Henry’s scoreless stat line didn’t give fantasy managers much to work with, but he caught multiple passes for just the second time this season and cleared 100 yards from scrimmage for the seventh time this year. Henry’s fantasy output has taken a notable hit in the rare Baltimore loss, but 121 yards being a floor game tells you everything you need to know. Game script shouldn’t be an issue for Henry following Baltimore’s Week 14 bye. He will return for a date with the Giants as a top-end RB1 once again.

Henry and the rest of the offense had a quiet first quarter before the punishing back got the offense moving early in the second frame, breaking off consecutive carries of 19 and 14 yards to begin what would become the team’s first touchdown drive. He would then return consistent yardage before ripping off a game-high 27-yard carry on fourth and one on what would become their third touchdown drive in the third quarter. In all, Henry was his typical self, running hard and presenting one of the hardest tackles in the game today. He finds a more daunting matchup on the ground against the 9-2 Eagles in Week 13.

Henry was largely bottled up in this one. Had it not been for a 31-yard run in the second quarter, his rushing total would have looked much different in the 18-16 defeat. The league’s leading rusher lost a fumble on the second play of the game, but he did find the end zone on a one-yard run in the second quarter. Henry and the Ravens struggled against a physical Steelers defense for most of the afternoon and get another tough matchup against the Chargers in next week’s Monday night showdown. He’ll profile as an RB1, but may need a touchdown to fully deliver on those expectations.

Harbaugh said he sees “a little bit of a three-headed monster” in the Ravens’ backfield, but we’ll take that comment with a grain of salt. Justice Hill is averaging just 6.4 opportunities/gm this season, and Henry is leading the league in rushing through the first 10 weeks. We’d expect Mitchell to get additional work in the coming weeks, but a true “three-headed monster” approach seems unlikely, especially with Lamar also handling work on the ground.