The Derrick Henry express kept moving forward against the Broncos on Sunday.
Henry rushed for 106 yards and scored two touchdowns in the Ravens’ 41-10 victory. This achievement made him the fourth player since 1990 to score in each of his team’s first nine games of the season.
It also brought his total to 101 career rushing touchdowns, moving him past Barry Sanders, Marshall Faulk, and Shaun Alexander into eighth place in NFL history for this statistic.
“God has been tremendously good to me, and I’m thankful,” Henry said, according to the team’s website. “Credit to everybody who’s been a part of my career [and] to help me get to this milestone. Barry Sanders is like a running back superhero, so that’s very cool. I don’t take it for granted.”
Along with the touchdown milestones, Henry finished the game with 1,052 rushing yards for the season. He is the first Ravens running back to reach the 1,000-yard mark since Mark Ingram in 2019, but despite this, Henry felt he could have done better.
“For me to have the day that I had, I give the credit to everybody blocking,” Henry said. “I’m not happy with how I played, and I need to do better this next game. Any success I have, give the credit to them. To me, I’m not too happy about the game.”
It’s safe to say that Henry’s self-evaluation is likely more critical than any feedback he might receive from others.
