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Derrick Henry 2019 led the NFL in rushing yards. 2020 led the NFL in rushing yards... 2020, he was over 2,000 yards rushing. 2021, injury, and clearly a step back.

STACKED’s take

Negative signalBust

Henry's 2021 injury and decline after back-to-back rushing titles illustrates regression risk.

Henry is used as a cautionary historical example of rushing leader regression. He led the NFL in rushing yards in both 2019 and 2020, but in 2021 suffered an injury and experienced a clear step back in production. The source cites Henry as evidence that the recent history of leading rushers the following year is "not that great," and uses his decline to support concerns about current rushing leaders like James Cook potentially regressing.

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