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NFL: The Insiders on Derrick Henry

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Henry's a freight train weeks five through seven, 0.1 teams are hitting him in the backfield way more often the last few weeks. And it's, it's kind of tanked their run game, you know, zone runs are their bread and butter, which has been true for Derek Henry for darn near a decade at this point, weeks one through four, 5.4 yards per carry, 54% success rate, 16% explosive rate on zone runs.
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Henry's backfield contact rate spiked; zone run efficiency cratered weeks 5–7.

Henry was a freight train weeks 5–7 but has seen a sharp decline in weeks 8+; teams are hitting him in the backfield way more often recently, tanking the Ravens' run game. Zone runs are his bread and butter (true for a decade), but weeks 1–4 showed 5.4 yards per carry, 54% success rate, and 16% explosive rate on zone runs. Without that run game as a stabilizing presence, the Ravens' offensive efficiency is compromised, especially with Huntley in the lineup drawing defensive focus.

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