Derrick Henry Thread - Is he still King Henry post injury?

[jcc6fd]

I think if you have the right view of Henry you can find value. He played well in the playoffs in 2017 and at the end of the season last year. He's huge and gets better when the weather gets colder and the season wears one. When injuries start adding up and even players in the game are beat up from 10-14 games stopping a player like Henry gets harder. So he gets hyped in the offseason because he ends strong, but then the beginning of the year rolls around, it's warmer and defenses are healthier, and the guy is mediocre because he can't create anything and lacks explosion (i.e. needs to build up that head of steam).

So I guess wait to acquire him mid season if you're a strong contender and enjoy him for your fantasy playoffs. Then move him in the offseason to someone who is enamored with the 3 TD, 150 yard game.

[ArrylT]

Another couple weeks like this and it might be time for doubters to apologize to Derrick Henry. We shall see but it has been a good start to the season for Henry (currently an RB1).

[Lord_Varys]

Yeah? What gives?

[MrUbuto]

WHAT'S UP WIT DAT!????

[FantasyFreak]

He's good. BTW, Mariota missed at least 1 obvious check down that would have made him even better in PPR this week. However, he's going to be a 280-300 plus carry a guy with 1100 plus yard and 10 plus TD's barring injury. He also may have close to 25 receptions, and another couple hundred yards and and a few TD's on that.

[MrUbuto]

I dont really understand the haters. Guy was a beast in college had crazy measurables always showed good vision and above average ball catching

[Dynasty DeLorean]

I dont really understand the haters. Guy was a beast in college had crazy measurables always showed good vision and above average ball catching

If you're not juking people like Barry Sanders this forum hates you.

[Lord_Varys]

He's good. BTW, Mariota missed at least 1 obvious check down that would have made him even better in PPR this week. However, he's going to be a 280-300 plus carry a guy with 1100 plus yard and 10 plus TD's barring injury. He also may have close to 25 receptions, and another couple hundred yards and and a few TD's on that.

This, right here.

Volume. Volume cures all. If you couldn't see volume coming this year, compared to last, you weren't paying attention; probably brushed the whole situation off.

The NFL is changing -- faster, pass-happy ... But Tennessee is not. Henry's one of the few remaining old school backs on an old school team. They wanna control the LOS and the clock, and play defense.

[Patsfan86]

I dont really understand the haters. Guy was a beast in college had crazy measurables always showed good vision and above average ball catching

If you're not juking people like Barry Sanders this forum hates you.

So sad but so true. If a guy gets 100 yards and a Td but those 100 yards come on 8-10 yard gains you still suck but if you get 100 yards and a Td from 2 big plays you are the GOAT

[Patsfan86]

A lot of the Henry doubt also came from todays fantasy need for immediate gratification, especially with RBs. RBs are expected to come out the gates on fire now or they are considered trash. The fact is every player learns differently, it may take a little while, even for an RB. We need patience. I was down on henry and thought he sucked too, looks like i was wrong.

[MrUbuto]

I dont really understand the haters. Guy was a beast in college had crazy measurables always showed good vision and above average ball catching

If you're not juking people like Barry Sanders this forum hates you.

So sad but so true. If a guy gets 100 yards and a Td but those 100 yards come on 8-10 yard gains you still suck but if you get 100 yards and a Td from 2 big plays you are the GOAT

Why not both?

Henery seems to be delighting owners both ways

[DLF3000]

Welp, some 'backs break out later than you like, like ~2-3 years later. Ingram did. Now Henry. Roll Tide?

[dynastyninja]

A lot of the Henry doubt also came from todays fantasy need for immediate gratification, especially with RBs. RBs are expected to come out the gates on fire now or they are considered trash. The fact is every player learns differently, it may take a little while, even for an RB. We need patience. I was down on henry and thought he sucked too, looks like i was wrong.

But that's not really true. He was given the reigns in his third year and did poorly until the end of the season. It's not like he was a rookie who struggled in his first few games. He had (at that point) two full years to develop before being the bellcow. The concern was warranted in my opinion.

[Patsfan86]

A lot of the Henry doubt also came from todays fantasy need for immediate gratification, especially with RBs. RBs are expected to come out the gates on fire now or they are considered trash. The fact is every player learns differently, it may take a little while, even for an RB. We need patience. I was down on henry and thought he sucked too, looks like i was wrong.

But that's not really true. He was given the reigns in his third year and did poorly until the end of the season. It's not like he was a rookie who struggled in his first few games. He had (at that point) two full years to develop before being the bellcow. The concern was warranted in my opinion.

Well ya they were warranted i doubted him too, so this was also a lesson for me to try not to listen to the groupthink on these guys. We just need to be extremely patient some times, even if it means holding onto a guy for 3 years. I think its usually pretty safe to cut any guy after year 3.

[Lord_Varys]

A lot of the Henry doubt also came from todays fantasy need for immediate gratification, especially with RBs. RBs are expected to come out the gates on fire now or they are considered trash. The fact is every player learns differently, it may take a little while, even for an RB. We need patience. I was down on henry and thought he sucked too, looks like i was wrong.

But that's not really true. He was given the reigns in his third year and did poorly until the end of the season. It's not like he was a rookie who struggled in his first few games. He had (at that point) two full years to develop before being the bellcow. The concern was warranted in my opinion.

He wasn't given the reigns. He was given 1 of the 2, while forced into a scheme that didn't fit his abilities. The Titans this offseason said they were committing to Henry, and alluded to running less outside zone.