The next time Baltimore Ravens Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken meets the media, the first question should pertain to Derrick Henry, specifically, why the superstar tailback wasn’t part of the plan when the game was on the line.
If Henry is truly “The King,” then regicide was committed with the crunch time play-calling. Henry was not in the game on the two-point conversion attempt on Baltimore’s final drive, which could have tied the game.
Henry, with his 5.0 yards per carry, should have been considered one of the primary potential options in that goal-line situation.
He also had no carries in the fourth quarter. And while Henry did have one touch in the final stanza, a 15-yard reception from Lamar Jackson, it was nullified by an illegal man downfield penalty.
So, in other words, he had zero official touches in the fourth quarter.
Compounding his problems this afternoon, Henry also lost a fumble for the first time since 2002, a streak of 538 touches. However, this one very rare gaffe does not justify Monken’s decision to go away from him.
