Derrick Henry saw his cleats sent to Canton this week, and when the time comes, his bust will eventually join them.
Henry added to his already Pro Football Hall of Fame resume by becoming just the fifth player in NFL history with 10,000+ rushing yards and 100+ scrimmage touchdowns in his first 125 career games.
Last weekend was Henry’s 124th career game.
Sunday, against the Commanders, Henry, the NFL leader in rushing yards per game (114.4) and rushing touchdowns (6- tied with Kyren Williams), will reach a couple more milestones if he gets another rushing touchdown.
The King can become the first back since LaDainian Tomlinson (in 2005) to run for a touchdown in each of the first six games of a season.
Additionally, another rushing TD will tie him with Adrian Peterson for the fifth most, through his first 125 career games, at 97. Two rushing TDs will move him into fourth place on this list.
Meanwhile, the rushing statistics tell us a story as a team, and the morale of that story is this: signing Derrick Henry has lived up to all the expectations and then some.
The Ravens lead the NFL in total offense at 447.6 yards per game, which is 27.6 mpg better than the second-place San Francisco 49ers.
The main driver of those impressive stats is the running game, where Baltimore is at the top by a pretty big margin. The Ravens lead the NFL in rushing at 211.2 yards per game. Second place currently belongs to Sunday’s opponent, the Commanders, who average 178.4 rushing yards per game.
So, this should be a very fast-moving game as the two most effective run games square off against each other.
The Ravens have rushed for 150 yards in every game this season, and if they do so against DC, they will the 1971 Raiders as the only teams (during the Super Bowl era, which dates back to 1966) with six consecutive 150+ yard rushing games.