The Baltimore Ravens have a long offseason to overthink every aspect of their divisional round loss to the Buffalo Bills, but one will stand out.
Derrick Henry had a fantastic season in his first campaign with the Ravens, but in their final game they went away from him.
Henry finished Baltimore's 27-25 loss to the Bills with 84 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. He averaged 5.3 yards per carry, but only touched the ball 16 times in a game that featured cold conditions and occasional snow. Baltimore put the game mostly on the shoulders of quarterback Lamar Jackson, but he turned it over twice, while tight end Mark Andrews added another.
Henry finished the season with 1,921 yards and 16 touchdowns on 325 carries (5.9 yards per carry). He added 19 catches for 193 yards and two more touchdowns. Henry had 26 carries against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round and also hadn't had fewer than 20 carries since a 35-14 Week 15 blowout against the New York Giants.
In the third quarter, the Ravens trailed 21-13 and marched 80 yards in seven plays for a touchdown with 1:37 left in the quarter. Henry carried the ball on five of those plays and gained 46 yards. He had two carries the rest of the game.
NFL fans couldn't believe the Ravens went away from Henry to such a degree throughout the game, especially given the conditions.
The Ravens realizing they can just feed Derrick Henry pic.twitter.com/kQu1nP8M3v
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) January 20, 2025
I don't want to second guess every single play but why oh why do you ever take Derrick Henry out of the backfield in that spot???
— Glenn Clark (@GlennClarkRadio) January 20, 2025
You got Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry and you choose to set a play for Mark Andrews!! pic.twitter.com/qVZ7zXFoPg
— 𝐉𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐲’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫 👨🏾💻 (@xclusivestories) January 20, 2025
James Cook has more rushing attempts than Derrick Henry in this hame
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) January 20, 2025
Why did Derrick Henry come off the field after his best run of the night?
— Russell St. Report (@RussellStReport) January 20, 2025
Trick question.
There is NO answer.
22 looked as surprised as us.
5 straight plays with the game on the line and you don’t have Derrick Henry on the field. Make it make sense .
— ¹ ⁰ (@maxprempeh_) January 20, 2025
Nice to see the Ravens have remembered that Derrick Henry plays for their football team.
— Kevín (@KevOnStage) January 20, 2025
Ravens had two different 2 point conversions and they didn’t give it to Derrick Henry either time
— Jim Costa (@JimCosta_) January 20, 2025
Wasn’t that the whole point of adding him??
The Ravens are going to have to think about all of that until the 2025 season kicks off.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Ravens Seeming to Give Up on Derrick Henry During Loss to Bills Left Fans Baffled.
