{"id":24291,"date":"2025-02-08T03:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24291"},"modified":"2025-02-08T03:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:51:54","slug":"breaking-derrick-henrys-strong-message-about-ravens-future-turns-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24291","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Derrick Henry&#8217;s Strong Message About Ravens Future Turns Heads ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0may not have accomplished what they hoped for in 2024 after they crashed out of the playoffs in the divisional round against the\u00a0Buffalo Bills, but there are several reasons to be excited for what the future holds.<\/p>\n<p>One of them being the play of new star running back\u00a0Derrick Henry.<\/p>\n<p>After the\u00a0Tennessee Titans\u00a0let Henry walk in free agency last year, the Ravens scooped Henry up on a two-year, $16 million deal that looks like one of the biggest bargains in the\u00a0NFL.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div id=\"_adr_abp_container_3\" class=\"_adr_abp_container\" data-section=\"7db9a01170294858359598238868b29f\" data-packetid=\"00000001-b86fb621-273e-45f9-9760-739449a03d96\" data-render-time=\"1738986624534\">\n<div>AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While Henry could have been offended that Tennessee let him leave, he revealed that he\u00a0still has love for the city and their fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course I&#8217;ll always have love for Titans fans,&#8221; Henry said at the NFL Honors on Thursday night. &#8220;And I appreciate the ones still cheering for me, even though I&#8217;m in a different uniform, on a different team now. 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