Is Derrick Henry declining?

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Derrick Henry wouldn’t be putting up these numbers currently anywhere else. RBs look good playing with Lamar.
He helps Lamar as much as Lamar helps him, Lamar's never been as difficult to scheme. He'd do damage with other guys too but they def help each other

The age is what it is, he's going on 31 obviously not as sharp as 26-27 Henry regardless of what numbers say. Just like Andre Johnson, Henry's been with shyt QBs his whole career, imagine 26 yo Henry numbers if he had another MVP giving him the ball. You're seeing a watered down version rn which is scary lol

Henry was option 1 in Tenn and you could see the decline the last two years especially. Any steps lost almost doesn't matter here because the defense has to stop Lamar first and that's still a big nikka going downhill making nikkas make business decisions so it works and should still work next year if healthy
 

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Derrick Henry wouldn’t be putting up these numbers currently anywhere else. RBs look good playing with Lamar.
Wouldn't be doing this "everywhere" but he already did shyt like this pre-Lamar...

The biggest advantage for him in Baltimore is how freely he can run before contact, with Ricard and that OL ahead of him, and the fact defenses can never sleep on Lamar. That's what he's benefitting from...

But he's always been a dominant runner, the Ravens didn't make him that...
 

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He is holding off Father Time so far and after a slow start still has over 1,400 yard rushing. He is still a 3 down back but the Ravens need to find him a backup next season. They can't keep depending on him to carry the ball 300 times a year after this season. But we should all enjoy him while we can cause he is the last of the every down backs or at least one of the last few left cause I can't forget about JT. Don't know where he will finish at all time on the rushing list but I do know that he is an all time great by any metric and anything less than first ballot will be a travesty.
 
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