{"id":19334,"date":"2025-01-15T03:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T03:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19334"},"modified":"2025-01-15T03:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T03:11:18","slug":"nfl-boasts-historic-derrick-henry-performance-before-ravens-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19334","title":{"rendered":"NFL Boasts Historic Derrick Henry Performance Before Ravens-Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_96635984\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Given how the first meeting with the Baltimore Ravens went earlier this year \u2014 a 35-10 shellacking by the Ravens back in Week 4 \u2014 the Buffalo Bills are presumably eager to exact their revenge this weekend when they host the Ravens at Highmark Stadium in their AFC divisional-round playoff matchup.<\/p>\n<p>But if the Bills want a different outcome from the beatdown they suffered at the end of September, they\u2019re going to have to do a better job of slowing down star running back Derrick Henry, who ran for 199 yards \u2014 87 of which came on a first-quarter touchdown run \u2014 against them the last time they played.<\/p>\n<p>Containing Henry is no small feat, as the Pittsburgh Steelers found out last week in their 28-14 loss to the Ravens in the wild-card round. Henry bulldozed his way to 186 yards rushing and two touchdowns as Baltimore ran for 299 total yards \u2014 the most the Steelers have ever given up in a single game.<\/p>\n<p>Henry\u2019s performance was so impressive that the NFL wanted to remind everyone just how dominant the 31-year-old RB was on Tuesday morning when it tweeted about just how impressive Henry looked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man was an unstoppable force in the Wild Card ,\u201d the NFL X account posted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_96635985\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1879226984716538050&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fnfl%2Fbaltimore-ravens%2Fnfl-boasts-historic-derrick-henry-performance-before-ravens-bills&amp;sessionId=cec6ce1415570077d891893e055f11b37d5feed3&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1879226984716538050\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_2\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_2\" class=\"aditude_div\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_96635987\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Henry\u2019s 186 rushing yards were a Ravens\u2019 postseason record, as were the team\u2019s 299 total rushing yards, and it was the ninth-moth single-game rushing yards in franchise history as well.<\/p>\n<p>Henry also tied\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0legend Terrell Davis for the most games of 150 or more rushing yards in the postseason with four.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo had the No. 12-ranked run defense in the league during the regular season, allowing 115.r yards per game and 13 total touchdowns. 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