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True Dough

(20,820 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2024, 07:28 AM Oct 24

Will Derrick Henry break Eric Dickerson's 40-year old single-season rushing record? [View all]

He's currently on pace to do just that.

If he can keep it up, Henry will rack up 2,120 yards, surpassing Dickerson's 2,105 yards from the 1984 season. But, it's an uphill battle.

Henry's 873 yards rushing are the most in the first seven games of a season since DeMarco Murray had 913 in 2014. Murray finished with 1,845 yards rushing.

If Henry is able to break Dickerson's record, he would have earned it. In Henry's final 10 games, he will face eight run defenses that rank in the top half of the league, including the Cleveland Browns' 15th-ranked run defense Sunday.

But Henry has proved he can defy the numbers. His 873 yards are the second most by a player 30 or older through seven games in NFL history, trailing only Walter Payton's 875 yards in 1984.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41968288/ravens-derrick-henry-break-rushing-record-lamar-jackson-says

I stayed far away from Henry in our fantasy football league. He's 30 years old. By NFL running back standards, that usually when your career falls off a cliff. What do I know?

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Will Derrick Henry break Eric Dickerson's 40-year old single-season rushing record? [View all] True Dough Oct 24 OP

But he'd get 2120 in 17 games, while Dickerson only played 16. TheRickles Oct 24 #1

That's a valid point True Dough Oct 24 #2

History repeats itself. bigmonk Oct 24 #3

There is that, but OJ Simpson played in a 14-game season brush Oct 24 #5

Thanks! AKwannabe Oct 24 #4

They can take those Yahoo draft grades True Dough Oct 24 #6

I got a B+ on my draft and I'm sitting at 1-6 in my league Best_man23 Oct 25 #7

I think it unlikely. Morbius Oct 26 #8