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Well, apparently NE has not been very good against the run this year, surrending 4.7 ypc to opponents. What hurts is that Titans probably fall behind early and have to pass to stay in it, but they will still run Henry enough to get him 20 carries I would guess.
Yes. Patriots yield yardage but stiffen in the red zone. It is reasonable to expect 100+ total yards if the game stays close. Don't expect a score, though.
Exactly. And they kept feeding Henry despite being down. So it is hard to see a reason why Henry isn't a good bet this week.
My biggest concern would be if the Pats gameplan to take him out - daring Mariota to take over the game (which with his scrambling ability he might be able to) - but obviously that would be bad for Henry. Still. it's hard to take a 247 pound bruiser completely out of the game plan
No
ten years ago yeah, but with so many WRs being in the first now plus a QB or two some years, nah.
I have never seen or heard anyone from Tennessee say DeMarco wouldn't be back. This is national people thinking they're some great team churning players out and replacing with new gems or somesuch and missing the sort of false smalltown vibe of Nashville. They adore DeMarco....everyone from Amy to JRob to Mularkey to fans. However society there learned to respectfully treat stars (country music) DeMarco loves it. He is one of the best pass catching and pass blocking backs in football. If there's some contract issue (the Titans always have gobs of $ under the cap) that's unforeseen, they'll still try every possible way to keep him and have him retire there. There's so much mutual admiration.
there was already a discussion on this when they got him from Philly. There's an out for both, he and the team, after this season. 6.5 mil per but no one knows what the "final years" discussion was.
No one knows. It's assumed they have an amount for his final years though like suppose they said when it's time we'll give ya 3 mil for 3 years or somesuch
There isn't one. That's Spotrac's way of saying "this is the first convenient out available". They do it for a lot of players now, it's kind of annoying. If there were an official out it would be listed in the lower section.Bri said:
According to Florio: Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the revised four-year deal has a base value of $25.5 million, with $12.5 million guaranteed. Of that amount, $6 million is fully guaranteed in 2016, and $3 million is fully guaranteed in 2017. The remaining $3.25 million is guaranteed money is guaranteed for injury only at signing, and it converts to a full guarantee on the fifth day of the 2017 league year
there were two replies by me to Chaka's Q sorry for the confusion. It's been discussed for two years now- when he was "done" coming from Philly, when he did well, and when we were wondering if Henry would take over in 2017. No one knows what the out is and what they agreed upon. There's tons of mutual admiration so he is very much expected to stay. Chaka was asking if Henry's "given the keys" then what's Murray's contract like and...they were prepared for this. I also mentioned above that Mularkey has said many times that Murray has a lot more time left and it's not old age. As you saw last week, they don't even have a quality 3rd down blitz 3rd down receiver type. He can switch to a limited role nicely. Ironically, on draft day he was only considered a 3rd down scat back so the draft folks will finally be right about him
There is no 2018 injury guarantee. That blurb was written in 2016 and "The remaining $3.25 million is guaranteed money is guaranteed for injury only at signing" meant that if he got hurt in 2016 then that additional $3.25M would kick in. When he didn't get hurt and they didn't cut him, it converted to fully guaranteed salary in 2017. There's now no dead money if they cut him. His salary for 2018 and 2019 are both $6.5M but nothing is guaranteed at this point. He does get a $250k bonus on 3/18 if he's still with them.
I think it is close to a given that he (Murray) stays. The two questions are if they can negotiate a more reasonable deal (they have plenty of cap if they can't) and whether he will transition to a 3rd down/change of pace role or 1B to Henry's 1A
We were discussing this last night in a video chat. Someone said Harry Douglas (who is adored by these coaches which drives us fans crazy but still...) is probably the Titans/Jrob old player model. I think that's a real reasonable statement or guess.
I don't think we have enough data to do more than guess.Amused to Death said:
Gurley
You could say the same thing about Pederson running Andy Reid's offense.
Well if the RB has decent vision at all they should be able to function in a zone blocking system. So it is kind of a stupid question.
Option A: Jerrick McKinnon
Agreed...if you are a Henry owner you want them add to an RB that is more of a third down RB and doesn't crossover with what he does...I would get real concerned if they used something like a third-rounder on a RB like Penney or Freeman...that would scare me a lot if I owned him (which I do not)...
For fantasy value, I'd rather they draft a pure backup than a role player, but I'm fine with either. I don't expect Henry to get every rb touch for the team, but he can catch the ball, and he's been a really effective receiver when they've gotten him the ball in the passing game, so getting a big guy who can run but wouldn't dominate the receiving work would be a good thing imo.
