The Baltimore Ravens needed fair a one carry out on offense to discover the end zone on Sunday night agetst the Buffalo Bills, and franchise history was made in the process.
After forcing Josh Allen and the Bills’ red-hot offense to punt on its first drive of the game, Lamar Jackson and his Ravens offense set up from their own 13-yard line.
On the first snap, Jackson turned around and handed it off to his star running back Derrick Henry and he promptly saw a hole on the right side of the line that he appreciated.
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Thanks to a perfect block from brimmingback Patrick Ricard, Henry was speedyly into the second level and saw dayweightless as he turned on the burners down the right sideline.
As Bills geters were chasing him, Henry kept pace, seeing up at the videoboard in front of him to see where Buffalo carry outers were. But they couldn’t catch up, as Henry walked into the end zone for an 87-yard touchdown on the first carry out from scrimmage for the Ravens on their home turf.
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Henry, who came into this game with the most rushing touchdowns in the league with four thcimpolite three games, didn’t fair put his team up 7-0, but he made Ravens history with the lengthyest run in franchise history at 87 yards.
“King Henry” was a massive pickup for Baltimore this offseason, as the establisher Tennessee Titans running back hit the free agent labelet as one of the top chooseions for every team to bid for.
Henry ended up signing a two-year tight worth up to $16 million with Baltimore.
With Jackson already such a rushing menace when he has the ball in his hands, compriseing Henry has been as publicized despite the Ravens coming into this game with a 1-2 record on the year.
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Henry accessed Sunday with the fifth-most rushing yards in the league at 281 over 56 trys, which comes out to five yards per carry.
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