Scarcely any running backs have been as prevailing as the Tennessee Titans’ Derrick Henry across the previous two seasons. Henry gave more evidence Sunday, when he outperformed 2,000 surging yards for the season in the Titans’ 41-38 street triumph over the Houston Texans.
On a protracted drive in the final quarter, Henry arrived at 227 surging yards – outperforming the achievement. He got done with 250 yards and two scores on 34 conveys in the success, which gave Tennessee the AFC South title unexpectedly since 2008.
“I’m glad we were able to finish with a W at the end,” Henry said. “We won as a team and we all do it together. I’m just glad that we were able to accomplish this and win the division and get to the playoffs.”
Henry completed the season as a triple crown surging champ by driving all NFL running backs in yards (2,027), endeavors (378) and hurrying scores (17).
Henry’s 250-yard execution outperformed his establishment record 238 against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018. He had in excess of 200 hurrying yards for the third sequential game against the Texans, making him the solitary part in NFL history to do as such.
Henry is the eighth part in the 2,000-surging yards club, joining O.J. Simpson, Eric Dickerson, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis, Jamal Lewis, Chris Johnson and Adrian Peterson. Also, the Titans are the lone NFL establishment to have two players (Johnson in 2009 was the other) who have scrambled for 2,000 yards in a season.
Peterson was the latest to do it when he got 2,097 out of 2012.
“He’s definitely showing that he is that next best thing. When you’re Derrick Henry, teams are coming in and they are focused on stopping you. That right there makes it even more impressive,” Peterson said last month.
The 6-foot-3, 247-pound back joined Davis as the lone players to have in any event 1,900 surging yards and 15 hurrying scores in a season.
Henry likewise joined Tiki Barber (New York Giants 2005, 2006) as the solitary NFL players to get done with 200-yard surging games in consecutive season finales.
Presently the Titans will have the Baltimore Ravens at Nissan Stadium on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET. Baltimore has the NFL’s No. 10 hurrying safeguard, permitting 106 yards for each game. The Titans beat the Ravens 30-24 gratitude to a 29-yard score run by Henry in extra time in Week 11.
Henry conveyed the ball multiple times for 195 yards in Tennessee’s 28-12 triumph over Baltimore in the divisional round of the end of the season games last season. The Titans will require another big deal execution from Henry in their matchup Sunday.
