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Rob Parker and TJ Houshmandzadeh (in for Chris Broussard) discuss the Ravens signing superstar veteran running back Derrick Henry. The guys actually agree on something: Henry just might be the missing link that Baltimore has needed to get over the "Super Bowl hump."
TJ Houshmandzadeh: "I love it for the Ravens... Derrick Henry had [another] really good year last year and he's never averaged under four yards per carry in his career... If you put Derrick Henry in that offense with Lamar Jackson and the way they run the ball and the way they scheme things up, that's gonna be a really tough combo to stop... Just the fact of who he is and what he's proven -- they won't ever [have to] abandon the run... He has yet to show [that he's slowing down], and he has to show me that he's slowed down before I start to say that him going to the Ravens isn't a great thing for that organization."
Rob Parker: "What I love is that they didn't go away from what they do well by getting a player of his caliber [at that position]... They run the football well, so as a defensive coordinator, how do you game-plan against [a run game of] Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry?"