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Situation is a big part of it, but Eddie George’s assessment of his running style earlier this year was dead on accurate. He would not impose his will on smaller tacklers and and would go down on first contact far too often for someone his size. Which would then limit his opportunities and make his situation look worse.
Yeah, Henry seems to be running tougher.
Ill believe it when I see it, sure the did it at year end......but call me skeptical
he only has a small # of 100+ yard games. I can see that making people skittish. For me, it's that things finally clicked and the "lookout NFL" feelingstill so under valued. I have guys in leagues that say he's worth, at most, a late 1st. Seems nuts to me.
I did not see one place in that article he said he was looking to build the offense around Henry. Closest thing I could find was when he said "I think that is where the whole plan would like to start" in regards to him being a big piece of the offense and that's a long way from saying "we are building the offense around him".
Speaking this week, Titans coach Mike Vrabel said he would like to build the offense around Derrick Henry.
I mentioned that line and also mentioned how that and nothing you just posted is saying we are building the offense around him. That's a reach of a conclusion, feel free to make it yourself, but that's not what he said.
Can only speak for myself but I certainly don't view "building an offense around a player" vs "if he can do what he did last year he's certainly going to get more carries" as an argument over semantics.
Right? Henry is worth MUCH more than any pick in the 2019 rookie draft. You'd think after what he showed it would sink in.still so under valued. I have guys in leagues that say he's worth, at most, a late 1st. Seems nuts to me.
Henry has a high success rate when given a feature back load.Elevencents said:
It seems hard to believe they would do that, but guess it’s possible.Dr. Dan said:
they've had predraft visits with some of the top RBs. I dont know why they'd waste their time, or their limited predraft visits. they've visited with rbs projected to go rounds 2 or 3.
There isn’t a back in this draft that I would guarantee of being picked in the first 3 rounds.they've had predraft visits with some of the top RBs. I dont know why they'd waste their time, or their limited predraft visits. they've visited with rbs projected to go rounds 2 or 3.
Happens all the time.they've had predraft visits with some of the top RBs. I dont know why they'd waste their time, or their limited predraft visits. they've visited with rbs projected to go rounds 2 or 3.
Teams interview teammates of players they're interested in sometimes. Pretty sure this happens.
Not saying it doesnt. I'm just curious that they've brought in two of the top 5 RBs so far, guys slated to go round 2/3.
It’s not impossible that they pick a RB but teams bring in guys all the time for visits and then do not draft them.
WowFootball Jones said:
Sounds to me like the question was phrased that way. "Do you plan on building the offense around Henry?" "I think that is where the whole plan would like to start," Vrabel said.
I think people are over valuing him based on a small sample size of outliers.
This. I’m really hoping he puts together a decent year, and I think he will, but peoples expectations are more so based off his huge games without factoring in his other 14 garbage showings. I have a feeling those who didn’t have him last year will reach for him and those that did will gladly let them do so.
Henry is a very good football player but he’s also a uniquely limited player. He has agility and quickness issues that are glaring. If we were to grade only the first 0.5 second of runs he’s one of the least effective backs in the league. I’ve also seen him display a lot of way below average pass blocking. On the flip side, he has incredible strengths. But he’s one of the players where the disconnect between the fantasy community and the NFL community’s evaluation of him is probably the highest. Fantasy players tend to zero in on the freakish size/speed metrics and the monstrous runs and ignore some of the coaching challenges of deploying a player with Henry’s limitations.
That shouldn’t be a surprise considering Henry’s upside & the quality of the 2019 class.
Henry is in a bad situation? Interesting.
Possibly they are expecting one or more to fall. They had two highly touted UDFAs last year in camp. Neither stuckthey've had predraft visits with some of the top RBs. I dont know why they'd waste their time, or their limited predraft visits. they've visited with rbs projected to go rounds 2 or 3.
