And, Henry and the Ravens lose another gut-wrencher, with Jackson unable to make the Steelers pay for crowding the line in the second half. With the Ravens leaving Henry on the shelf much of the 2H, he still ends the game with an impressive 126 yards - but almost all in the first half - and an agonizing eleven yards shy of the rushing crown.
He ends his tenth year at 1,595 yards and a career total of 13,018 yards. I didn't think he'd make 13,000 a few games ago, so a very strong finish to the season. He cut into the distance to get to Dickerson, now 241 yards away at number nine.
His next hurdles and yards to get there from where he is right now. In parenthesis I've included the player's number of years in the league. Other than Sanders, every player ahead of him played more seasons than Henry, now completing his tenth year. In addition, other than Jim Brown (nine years), the players he passed this year all had more than ten years in the league. Time is certainly running short for Henry, but with conditioning and avoiding major injuries, you could also say time is on his side. He has a real shot at number six next year, and with two decent years can get past Peterson and Sanders for number four. Here's a to a good offseason.
9. Dickerson - 241 yards (14)
8. Bettis - 644 (13)
7. Tomlinson - 666 (12)
6. Martin - 1,083 (16)
5. Peterson - 1,900 (15)
4. Sanders - 2,251(10)
3. Gore - 2,982 (16)
2. Payton - 3,708 (13)
1. Smith - 5,337 (15)
Henry has one year remaining on his contract.
RTR,
Tim