(01-03-2023, 07:03 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-03-2023, 03:00 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: He had 155 all purpose yards in the game  - not sure where this 100 yards thing is coming from -  and he averaged over 10 yards per touch in the second quarter - he just didn't get many touches that quarter and then they were too far behind. 

Let me put it like this - If Vrabel/Downing had kept feeding Henry the rock in that game  I BELIEVE  he 100% would have had 200+ yards and 2 touchdowns. Even figuring in the 4 times he was stuffed on rush attempts and the fumble (at the end of a big gain) he was clicking off 7+ yards per carry and 11.3 yards per catch. He was playing great. 

The only two possessions we stopped him on were the forced fumble near the red zone and the three and out at in the mid 3rd Q. 

They abandoned the run for the remaining 23 minutes of clock. 

I don't think we stopped him at all. They quit feeding him.

I still think he'll need to have a career game on Sat. night to make any sort of difference, because I think our offense can produce more points than theirs. And I think we can get points on the board faster.

He had 96 rushing yards in the first quarter and 21 yards on 1 run in the 2nd quarter. Had 117 yrds rushing in the first quarter and that one run in the 2nd combined. Outside of that he did nothing on the ground with 121 rushing yards on the day.  Thats why they went away from the run.  If the run game was working you can bet Tenn. would of continued to run the ball because thats what they do.  He had 119 rushing yards in the first half.  I stand corrected on a Jag franchise record in the first quarter, it was a personal record for Henry.  Henry got shut down from the 2nd quarter on, hopefully we can play him like we did for that last 3 quarters.

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point of correction, 3 runs, 23 total yards in Q2. It's hard to say we 'shut him down' when he followed a 21-yard run with a 16-yard catch.

We had our foot on the gas, and that made all the difference. It was 13-14 tacks when Henry netted 37 yards in 2 plays; After that turnover, the next time they touched the ball for a meaninful drive, it was 27-14, and they still tried to feed Henry (2 carries in a 5? play drive that resulted in a punt, and we punt 6 more on the board. 33-14 doesn't result in a lot of handoffs.

Greatest key to this game again is going to be scoring early and often to force them into one dimension, and it's a dimension they aren't doing well right now.

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(01-03-2023, 10:22 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-03-2023, 08:35 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: LOL

Why are you guys so hell bent on acting like this defense shut down Henry? 
I'd love for that to be true, but it just isn't. 

 Henry had 3 carries for 23 yards and a reception for 16 in the 2nd Q before the fumble. 

 Why would you call that shutting him down? Unless you mean his coach and coordinator shut him down.
They should have fed him more.  

Literally the only drive he was shut down on by our defense was the tacks first possession of the second half. 
They stuffed him twice, Tenn. was backed up by a penalty, Tannehill was sacked,  and they punted. That's it. That was the only instance in that whole game that he was "shut down" by our defense. 

 It was nice work by our defense and really good timing to do make stops on that drive, but it doesn't equate to Henry being  "shut down by our defense from the second quarter on." 
It was quickly 27-17 halfway into the third and the tacks abandoned the run.

Because they did.  Outside of the 1st and the one run in the 2nd he had a whole 4 yards on the ground the entire game.  If the run game was working they would of continued to run Henry but it wasnt.

How many teams rely on ground game to make up a 19-point deficit in a quarter and a half?

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