(01-03-2023, 11:19 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-03-2023, 10:44 AM)carp8dm Wrote: But we did stop Henry in our last game.  I don't really care how many yards he wound up with.  When the game was on the line we stopped him and then we made them stop using him from the 2nd Quarter on.

In my book, we stopped Henry in that last game.  I grant that in the 1st Quarter, Henry was eating us alive.  But once Quarterman and the gang knocked the ball out of his hands and into Josh Allens awaiting arms, we didn't hear from Henry again.  We nuetralized him for the rest of the game.  If we can do that again, we win.

If, come Saturday, Henry is feasting on us and is pulling off 10-15 yard rushes in the 3rd and 4th quarter, then it's gonna be a long night.

We have different definitions of the word stop. 

If stopping Derrick Henry is allowing him an APY number that would break single season records at his position if it were his "average" game - then I'd hate to see what a good game looks like from him. 

What would a good game be? 400 all purpose yards and 6 touchdowns? 

We'll just disagree here. No big deal. I have no issues with the way you interpret the Jags defensive effort in that game. I just see it differently. 

I don't think we stopped him at all except for their first drive of the second half. He was very efficient outside of that drive and after that drive they were down three scores quickly. They couldn't feed him any more.

LOL!  We do have different definitions...  

I'm more than happy to let Henry have 100 yards and 1 TD.  But if he goes off for 200 YDS and 2 TDs, that could be a problem.

Last game we played, he ripped off 100 Yards in the first quarter!!  That's how great the guy is.  But we basically neutralized for the rest of the game, and that's why we blew them out.  I don't think Henry would consider that game in Nashville a "good" game for him.  And I would agree.  I believe, even though the dude went for 100 yards, that we stopped him for the majority of the game.  To me, that's a win.

The dude is superhuman against us.  Giving up only 100 yards, when the tacks are basically worthless in the air, is absolutely a good thing.  But if Henry is running for 200+ yards and multiple TDs it means they are dominating our defense, and - like I said - that's gonna be a long night for us.

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