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Does Henry get into the HOF

Amc825 : 10/22/2024 7:42 pm
By default if he has another 2000 rushing season?

There have been only eight running backs who have rushed for 2000 yards or more.

1 1973 O. J. Simpson
2 1984 Eric Dickerson
3 1997 Barry Sanders
4 1998 Terrell Davis
5 2003 Jamal Lewis
6 2009 Chris Johnson
7 2012 Adrian Peterson
8 2020 Derrick Henry

Henry has a chance this year to become only two time 2000 yard rusher. I have to admit, to me at least, his career has flown under the radar having played for a smaller market team. With all the hype surrounding the likes of Elliott, Barkley and McCaffrey, Henry (arguably) is the best RB of his generation.
Yes.  
81_Great_Dane : 10/22/2024 7:46 pm : link
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Flown under the radar?  
robbieballs2003 : 10/22/2024 7:47 pm : link
Lmfao. Okay.
To me it's a no-brainer  
santacruzom : 10/22/2024 7:47 pm : link
He absolutely does.
No question  
Go Terps : 10/22/2024 7:50 pm : link
He's one of the best players of his era.
Easy  
AcidTest : 10/22/2024 7:57 pm : link
yes. First ballot IMO.
Without a doubt  
uconngiant : 10/22/2024 7:59 pm : link
He will get in on the First ballot
100000% yes  
DeVito32 : 10/22/2024 8:04 pm : link
Absolutely.

He’s on pace for 2000yds this year. If he stays healthy and plays 1 more season he’ll be very close to top 10. If he plays longer than that he can make top 6. The guy is a beast and on the perfect team.
Yup  
eric2425ny : 10/22/2024 8:10 pm : link
He’s a beast.
He’s a lock  
UConn4523 : 10/22/2024 8:13 pm : link
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Shouldn’t be a question  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 10/22/2024 8:13 pm : link
We’ll see how this year ends and having a HOF QB with running skills like Lamar helps so much, but he’s amazing.

The long runs defy common sense. He’s special.
RE: Shouldn’t be a question  
Del Shofner : 10/22/2024 8:17 pm : link
In comment 16657947 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:
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We’ll see how this year ends and having a HOF QB with running skills like Lamar helps so much, but he’s amazing.

The long runs defy common sense. He’s special.


Someone started a thread about comparison with Jim Brown. And most of us old-timers, including me, scoffed. But it's not so crazy. Size, speed, skills and durability - Henry has them all. I guess he loses points for not being the best lacrosse player in history as well. :-)
He's almost a lock...  
bw in dc : 10/22/2024 8:25 pm : link
If King gets to 12K career rushing yards and 110+ TDs that should seal it.

That would get him to top ten in rushing yards, which is tremendous in this era of passing.
If he gets to 1800 to 2k this year  
larryflower37 : 10/22/2024 8:41 pm : link
I think he has to be a lock to get in but I also think he is not done and Baltimore is giving him a 2nd career he could push to 13k to 15k yards when is it's all said and done.
Yes. But, does  
gridirony : 10/22/2024 9:20 pm : link
Devin Singletary and Joe Schoen get into the HOF?

Schoen signed Singletary for $16,500,000 while Henry signed for $16,000,000.

Good or bad, the Giants are stuck with the JAG for the extra year.
RE: Yes. But, does  
Wiggy : 10/23/2024 7:30 am : link
In comment 16658031 gridirony said:
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Devin Singletary and Joe Schoen get into the HOF?

Schoen signed Singletary for $16,500,000 while Henry signed for $16,000,000.

Good or bad, the Giants are stuck with the JAG for the extra year.
Devin “Greasy Hands” Singletary is not good. Another Joe Schoen special. Also many here said he would have as good or better stats than Barkley. How’s that looking
Well on his way  
Lines of Scrimmage : 10/23/2024 7:42 am : link
and he may already be in with the potential to add much more to his totals with most likely more opportunities in the playoffs to shine.

He's a bruiser with plenty of flash. The type of player many fans will fondly remember a decade plus after he retires imv.


He's a lock  
JonC : 10/23/2024 8:05 am : link
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Yes  
Biteymax22 : 10/23/2024 8:09 am : link
And I think Aaron Donald has a really good chance too....
 
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 10/23/2024 8:42 am : link
Yes.
I want to start out by saying that I considererd him to  
chuckydee9 : 10/23/2024 9:29 am : link
have been HoF worthy even before this year. And I think it should be 1st ballot after this 1900+ season this year.. But I don't think he is as good as some of those others. previous generation had better RBs Faulk and Tomlinson as well as AP were all better in my mind. This season Barkley is bringing more to his team than Henry is.. last couple years CMC was more important to his team than Henry..
A guy that big ...  
Csonka : 10/23/2024 9:50 am : link
shouldn't be able to move that fast. 30 years old with all the hits he's taken and he's running 21.72 mph?
Absolute freak of nature.
The only running backs with more career 200+ yard rushing games  
shockeyisthebest8056 : 10/23/2024 10:38 am : link
than Tiki Barber are OJ Simpson and Derrick Henry, but he still doesn’t get a chance.
RE: Yes. But, does  
Gatorade Dunk : 10/23/2024 11:14 am : link
In comment 16658031 gridirony said:
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Devin Singletary and Joe Schoen get into the HOF?

Schoen signed Singletary for $16,500,000 while Henry signed for $16,000,000.

Good or bad, the Giants are stuck with the JAG for the extra year.

Players get to choose their destination when they reach free agency. If you were Derrick Henry, would you choose the Giants over the Ravens for the same money? If I were a RB, particularly an aging one, I'd be looking for a ring to go along with that payday.

I doubt Henry would have even picked up the phone from the Giants, regardless of the GM, unless they were willing to way overpay - and even then, it's no sure thing that Henry would have had any interest in spending the final few years of his prime toiling away behind a bad OL (especially the perception in this past offseason) with a bad QB situation and iffy skill position players. Remember, free agency happens before the draft. The top receiving threat at that time was still a not-yet-retired Darren Waller.
Absolutely HOFer  
ThomasG : 10/23/2024 11:19 am : link
no question
RE: Yes  
ThomasG : 10/23/2024 11:20 am : link
In comment 16658142 Biteymax22 said:
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And I think Aaron Donald has a really good chance too....


Another lock
They can all  
Pete in MD : 10/23/2024 11:44 am : link
get in: $45, 9a-5p, only closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
RE: Yes  
bw in dc : 10/23/2024 12:13 pm : link
In comment 16658142 Biteymax22 said:
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And I think Aaron Donald has a really good chance too....


Really good chance? Donald is a sure-fire first ballot HoF. Easily.
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