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A battering ram of a running back, Derrick Henry has been the NFL’s best since coming into the league in 2016, being named 2020’s Offensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
But Tennessee are in the midst of a rebuild and running backs are thought to be in decline once they turn 30, as Henry did in January. Baltimore, though, felt the opportunity to sign a player who has been such a dominant force was too good to pass up.<\/p>\n
“He’s kind of a unicorn,” said Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta. “It’s a combination of speed, power, durability. Those kind of guys are rare.”<\/p>\n
Henry joins a team that had the NFL’s best record in the regular season and will allow mobile quarterback Lamar Jackson, named Most Valuable Player for a second time,<\/a> to save his legs for when he really needs to conjure some magic.<\/p>\n After arriving on a two-year, $16m contract, Henry had a clear message for his doubters: “Tell them to keep watching”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n