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David Dorey

Fantasy Football splash – Derrick Henry to the Ravens

The Tennessee Titans move on from Derrick Henry after eight seasons as their workhorse running back. Tony Pollard was added yesterday as a partial replacement, but the Titans begin a new era under HC Brian Callahan and without Henry for the first time since 2016.

YEAR GMS RUNS YARDS TDS PASS COMP YARDS TDS PPR RANK PPR
2016 14 110 490 5 15 13 137 0 105.7 45
2017 16 176 744 5 17 11 136 1 135.0 36
2018 16 215 1059 12 18 15 99 0 202.8 16
2019 15 303 1540 16 24 18 206 2 300.6 5
2020 16 378 2027 17 31 19 114 0 335.1 3
2021 8 219 937 10 20 18 154 0 187.1 23
2022 16 349 1538 13 41 33 398 0 304.6 3
2023 17 280 1167 12 36 28 214 0 238.1 10

Henry has been a Top-10 fantasy running back for the last five years when not injured and he’s proven to be amazingly durable for a bruiser that turns 30 years old. Henry signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Ravens to move them beyond their traditional committee backfield.

The Ravens already let Gus Edwards leave and J.K. Dobbins will be an unsigned free agent that could never remain healthy. The Ravens offense changed with new OC Todd Monken last year, and Henry is a perfect fit for what the Ravens offense needs.

Fantasy football outlook

Henry may be turning 30 years old, but he’s been amazingly durable and outside the norm for staying healthy. The future Hall-of-Famer and past 2,000-yard rusher lands in an offense that has a Top-3 offensive line – a major upgrade from the Bottom-3 O-line in Tennessee. And the new offense under Monk produced 1,696 rushing yards (No. 8) and 20 rushing touchdowns (No. 3) last year with far less talent than Henry.

The Ravens offense also does not throw much to running backs which has never been a strength for Henry. He’s exactly what the rest of the league did not want to see lining up behind Lamar Jackson.

Syndication: Palm Beach Post
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