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00:00Let's talk King Henry, and let's talk the absence of Zay Flowers.
00:05I want to start with the King, Lee C.
00:08You know, you've got a guy who teams have wondered for a while,
00:14like, man, what could King Henry do if he went to Dallas,
00:18maybe Buffalo, or Baltimore?
00:21Well, here he is now, and it's a Ravens team.
00:24Again, this year throwing the football has been incredible for them,
00:27but it's a Ravens team since Lamar has been there that's been built on running,
00:31a team that forgot to run the football last year in the conference title game,
00:34and it feels as if a little bit the MO this year, to Donnie's point, will be Lee C.
00:39Run the football.
00:40What do you expect out of Henry today?
00:42A big day, a big day.
00:43When Baltimore dominates teams, and I'm talking 20, 25-plus per game,
00:48yes, Lamar Jackson is doing it through the air,
00:50but Derrick Henry's eating in regards to the ground.
00:53Look at the first meeting or the game earlier in the year when they played Buffalo, right?
00:57That was a telltale AFC battle, right?
01:00Two top teams.
01:01Derrick Henry pounds the rock for 150 yards, dictates the tempo.
01:05He gets multiple touchdowns.
01:06They win that ballgame going away by 25 points.
01:10Last week he has 33 yards at the half.
01:13It's a maybe within margin type of game, Cleveland.
01:16All of a sudden they start feeding him in the second half of that matchup.
01:19He breaks free, gets 147 yards and two touchdowns.
01:22In regards to the dominating win, they win that game by 25 points.
01:26When teams limit Derrick Henry or the offensive philosophy
01:30shifts from Derrick Henry to Lamar Jackson,
01:33throwing it 30 and 40 times per game per se,
01:37that's where they're in games.
01:39And again, I think you start this matchup,
01:41see if you could run the football with Derrick Henry,
01:43see if he's ripping off runs.
01:45Let's not forget the game that they played the charges.
01:48Derrick Henry in the first half had like 80, 90 yards on the road.
01:52He's dominating.
01:53They're getting a push.
01:54I mean, when they're blowing teams off in terms of the front seven
01:57and their offensive line is dominating,
01:59they could have their way through the air, on the ground.
02:02But it does come down to Henry.
02:04I think he needs to get over his total tonight.
02:06No, he does.
02:07And also one of the bets I was going to make didn't make it,
02:08might still make it later, over 20 and a half carries for Derrick Henry.
02:11Like that's the pathway to victory.
02:12And when you talk about, well, Donnie, they're going to be loading up the box.
02:15There's very few backs in the NFL.
02:17Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry.
02:19Who cares they have 11 in the box?
02:21You just keep giving them the football.
02:23Even though you saw last week, they had the Cleveland game, right?
02:25It's like, man, he just bottled up in the first half.
02:27You keep giving them the football, great things happen.
02:29Did you see the second half for Henry running wild, multiple touchdowns here?
02:32That's the guy he is.
02:33And also how about this one?
02:3419 and a half is his longest rush today.
02:36He's just like, boy, he's got to get 20 yards at this point.
02:38Look at his longest rush.
02:40Like every game it feels like 25, 30, 35, 40 and plus.
02:43And also if you don't have it at the half,
02:45it usually gets better in the second half, Joe.
02:47You wear those defenses down.
02:48It's like, wow, there's the Henry, 60-yard touchdown run.
02:51When Derrick Henry's successful, Kev,
02:53it's between the A and B gaps right off tackle or right up the middle.
02:57When Derrick Henry is non-successful for the most part,
03:01it's when they string him out, toss sweeps,
03:03and they have that defense, the ability to actually extend and run sideline to sideline.
03:07You keep feeding him that football between the tackles.
03:10Eventually, guys don't want to tackle a 250-pound running back.
03:14So that's where it opens up the play-action attack
03:17and takes the pressure off of Lamar Jackson to carry this team.
03:20But what is the offensive philosophy in terms of the Baltimore Ravens tonight?
03:25Ultimately, that'll dictate whether they cover and whether this total comes in.
03:28I don't know how many people have taken a look at the Derrick Henry postseason game log.
03:32There's seven games.
03:33Four of them, he's had 62 or less yards.
03:37That's not great.
03:39The three overs, 23 for 156, 34 for 182, and 30 for 195.
03:46When he's on, he's absolutely on.
03:50But the oddity is you think back to those Tennessee teams,
03:54if he's on, great, keep giving it to him.
03:56We have no other options here.
03:58You mentioned the attempts numbered on.
04:01If he runs the ball 25 times, I feel like something went wrong.
04:04They shouldn't need to use him that much.
04:0617 for 148 and three scores.
04:08That's the nervous part about it.
04:09And do you have the game so much in hand that in the second half,
04:12you're like, we don't even need to use the guy.
04:14I will say this.
04:15Maybe no funnier thing would be to sit with you and watch a rush attempt
04:19spent on Henry because that first run goes for 75 yards.
04:23That's playing yourself.
04:24Tackle him.
04:25Get him.
04:26We need at least three more carries on this drive.
04:28I will say I am on a Lamar Jackson longest rush prop, 15 and a half.
04:33Five and one on that number in his postseason career.
04:36Seven and three on that number this year against teams that made the playoffs.
04:40Expect Lamar as always to wiggle when it gets to the playoffs there.