The Baltimore Ravens have one of the crucial bodily forces within the league popping out of their backfield.
Derrick Henry is a human pressure of nature, and he’s method larger than the common working again.
Nonetheless, all good issues finally come to an finish, and he could be inching nearer to his soccer mortality.
Nonetheless, the 31-year-old isn’t too nervous about that, and he lately shut down all issues about his age:
“I imply, it’s soccer,” Henry stated. “I don’t actually fear concerning the age. So long as I put the work in, it’ll converse for myself. I belief myself. I do know myself. I do know my physique and I understand how I put together. In order that’s all I attempt to fear about.”
Henry isn’t like the common working again.
He has a number of mileage underneath his belt, however similar to he proved final season, he can run with the most effective of them.
The previous Tennessee Titans standout simply acquired one other profitable contract extension after only one 12 months with the Ravens.
That speaks volumes about their degree of confidence in him, his recreation, and the way his physique will maintain up.
The Ravens will proceed to deploy a run-heavy offense for so long as he and Todd Monken are there.
Having him there permits them to maintain Lamar Jackson out of hurt’s method and secure and sound for when it issues most.
Henry shall be instrumental within the crew’s postseason probabilities for so long as he’s wholesome.
And whereas giving a 31-year-old working again that sort of cash was a significant danger by this group, Henry has confirmed that he’s merely not constructed like most individuals, and he could be in higher form than 99.9% of all 31-year-olds throughout the face of the Earth.
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