Thread by @brasnold

A thread on Derrick Henry and the reasons that he deserves to be the 2020 NFL MVP(or Co-MVP)
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@KingHenry_2 had one of the 5 best rushing seasons of ALL TIME.
2027 rushing yards
17 Touchdowns
5.4 YPC
126 YPG

In addition he added another 19 catches for 114 yards

There have only been 8 players in NFL history who have rushed for 2000 yards in a season. Out of them, Henry finished with the 5th most all time at 2027

Out of the 4 2k yard rushers who have won MVP, heres how Henry compares.

Adrian Peterson: 2097-12
Barry Sanders: 2053-11
Terrell Davis: 2008-21
OJ Simpson:2003-12
Derrick Henry:2027-17

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In fact, Henrys season was so special, that nobody is NFL history has rushed for both as many yards and Touchdowns as him.

Only Henry and Terrell Davis have recorded seasons with 2000 yards and at least 15 Touchdowns.

Now that we have established how dominant Henry’s numbers look up there with the best of all time, lets look at how much Derrick has dominated against his peers

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Henry rushed for 470 more yards than the next person, 858!! more than the third and has doubled up the 10th best rusher in the league.

When you compare those margins to the rushing leader of every NFL season , only OJ Simpson rushed for greater margins(14 game season)

Speaking of limited games, the NFL will be moving towards 17 games seasons, so Derrick Henry is most likely the last 16 season game rusher in NFL history.

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Back to how much Henry has dominated his peers.

With 2027 yards Derrick Henry ran for more rushing yards this season than 23 other NFL teams. He also finished with more Rushing touchdowns than 18 other teams, and 5 teams passed for fewer touchdowns than he ran.

If only the rushing yards from the second half of Henrys games counted, he would still be 4th in the league in rushing yards with 1076. This is the 3rd most of all time.

Lets forget about the second half and look only at road games.

Henry set an NFL record with 1222 rushing yards in road games this season. That is more rushing yards in HALF of his games than every running back besides Dalvin Cook

In addition, Henry finished with 98 yards against the Packers, 2 short from tying Barry Sanders record of 10 consecutive road games for rushing over 100 yards.

Henry finished with the 2nd longest streak of consecutive road games with at least 100 yards at 9

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In the 6 games Henry played against the AFC South, he finished with 1042 yards (Good for a top 10 rushing spot) as well as 9 Touchdowns

Thats as many or more than:
Aaron Jones
Zeke
James Conner
Miles Sanders
David Johnson
James Robinson
Melvin Gordon
Todd Gurley

The Domination of the AFC South has taken Henry to another level.

Henry has 3 games with 200 rush yards this season, second most after Earl Campbell’s 4. This takes his total to 5, one shy of tied for first all time.

All three of Henrys 200 yard games came against the AFC South

Not only did Henry have 200 yards in 3 games, he also had 2 TD in each game

Henry now has the most 200 yard 2 TD games ever with 5

Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, and Ladainian Tomlinson are all tied at 2nd with 3 such games in their Careers

Henry did that this year alone

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The first time Henry ran for 200 was against the Jags in 2018

He then ran for 200 in the final game of 2019 against the Texans

This season Henry ran for 200 both games against the Texans as well as once against the Jags

Hes the first to ever run for 200 in 3 straight seasons

In addition, Henry is the first player to run for 200 yards against the same team twice in one season.

He is also the first to run for 200 yards against the same team three times in a row.

Henry joins Tiki Barber as the only player to rush for 200 in back to back season enders

Henry rushed for over 100 yards in 10 games, and became the 14th running back to average 100 in b2b years

He also became the first player to lead the league in rushing yards b2b for the first time in 13 years, and first to lead in rushing, carries, and td b2b in 50 years

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This is all part of a 20 game streak going back to last postseason, for the most rushing yards in a 20 game span in NFL history

Henry is the first player in 15 years to have 28 games in a row with over 50 yards

Henry became the 5th player to have 18 carries in 18 games in a row

We need to keep in mind Henry did all of this with an offensive line that consisted of:
3rd string Left Tackle
Half a season of second string guard
Ben Jones
2nd year guard
Dennis Kelley

Not a single one of them were pro bowlers. Neither was his qb.

Henry also finished this season with 2 OT Touchdowns

No player has ever had 2 rushing TD in OT in the same season before

Eric Dickerson and Henry are tied with 2 each all time

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Henry also elevated his game when the Titans needed it most.

Over the last 4 games, Derrick racked up 710 yards, 5TD, and 6.6!! YPC

Henry is the only player who needed to get over 200 yards his final game to reach 2k

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And with his 2000 yard season, Henry becomes the only player in History to rush for 2000 yards at all 3 levels:

In high school (every year)
In college(2219)
In the NFL(2027)

Derrick Henry’s Highschool stats are straight out of madden (4200 😱)

Im aware that Aaron Rodgers also had an unbelievable season and of course im not ignorant to the fact that this is historically a qb award. However, Derrick Henry truly had one of the historically best seasons in NFL history. IMO this should be Co-MVP because both guys earned it

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