Henry dominated their latest battle

As I mentioned in my latest key matchups piece, the battle between running back Derrick Henry and the Colts’ top-eight rushing defense was going to be huge for this game. If the Colts were able to contain this top-five leader in rushing yards, then their job on defense would have been much easier to execute.

When it was all said and done, Henry not only won his battle against the Colts’ defense, he dominated it. From his first couple of runs which gained over six yards per carry, the Alabama product wasn’t going to be slowed down. Henry would produce 149 rushing yards and one touchdown.

Do you remember when I said the Titans would likely give Henry more carries in order to make it easier for their passing game? Well, consider me right, because that actually happened. On Sunday, Henry carried the ball 26 times, just one short of his season-high total from the Titans’ Week 4 win vs. Atlanta.