Two-time Super Bowl champ Logan Ryan thinks the Baltimore Ravens have a weapon that can take them to the Super Bowl– and his name is not Lamar Jackson. Ryan thinks the course to the Super Bowl for Baltimore goes through Derrick Henry.
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Ryan thinks in the Ravens. He believes they can go all the method. He simply thinks the distinction in between getting to the playoffs and getting to the Super Bowl is Henry, who had a remarkable 2024 season.
“Derrick Henry is going to be the closer the Ravens require in the playoffs!” Ryan stated on social networks.
Henry has actually run for 1,921 backyards and 16 goal this season. He took a gamble and signed a two-year handle the Ravens as a complimentary representative in the hopes of developing himself as Baltimore's lead back. Safe to state, the gamble has actually settled so far.
John Harbaugh was taking a look at Henry as the distinction in between being a great group and an excellent group.
Some professionals in NFL circles were hesitant that Henry, 30, would have enough left in his motor to be the ideal enhance to Lamar Jackson.
Henry has actually invested much of the 2024 NFL season showing his skeptics incorrect. He has actually delighted in among the very best seasons of his profession and was within striking range of his 3rd profession 2,000-yard hurrying season.
Derrick Henry is going to be the closer the Ravens require in the playoffs! ✍ pic.twitter.com/l0AhuzZdxu
— Logan Ryan (@RealLoganRyan) January 8, 2025
Henry signed a two-year, $16 million handle the Ravens, with a max worth of $20 million with rewards. The agreement consists of $9 million completely ensured in the very first year. Henry's base pay is $6 million, and his finalizing reward is $3.89 million, with a general 2024 cap hit of $10.89 million.
Sports Illustrated got a copy of Henry's agreement and reported on his numerous rewards. Henry has actually made a $500,000 bonus offer for scoring 13 goals, and he made another $500,000 when he scored his 15th TD. He made an extra $500,000 perk when he exceeded 1,200 hurrying backyards, plus another $500,000 when he eclipsed 1,500 hurrying lawns.
If the Ravens win the Super Bowl, Henry will get another $500,000 check.
While Henry has actually been producing like a super star, he's presently an imagine the Ravens, as he's simply the ninth-highest-paid running back in the NFL.
Getting in last offseason he had actually simply published a profession low in lawns per bring (4.2 ), and he was entering his age-30 season. Groups were worried, as evidenced by the truth that 10 other running backs accepted offers before Henry lastly signed with the Ravens.
It's safe to state that this agreement has actually exercised incredibly well for Baltimore.
