Darrell Henderson 2020 Outlook

[smeeze 6,095]

Bit of a longer video but there’s some really good insight into the Rams running game this year. If they can keep it up, the sky’s the limit for Henderson.

[THall0890 444]

On 10/2/2020 at 7:18 PM, THall0890 said:

Starting him over K Drake. Choo choo. 

 

On 10/2/2020 at 7:23 PM, Ryansm11 said:

Ummmm, wut? No. Drake going for 30 on Carolina. 

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[Ryansm11 2,083]

1 hour ago, THall0890 said:

 

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Lmao Carolina hasn’t gotten killed by RB’s I still can’t believe it. Good call man. 

[BearDownBears 38]

Anddddd dropped 

[mjb 808]

Injured?  Anyone see the game?

Edited October 4, 2020 by mjb

[atrium 1,176]

5 minutes ago, mjb said:

Injured?  Anyone see the game?

Nope. He was played (sporadically) throughout the game.

[ST. STEVEN 4,172]

7 minutes ago, mjb said:

Injured?  Anyone see the game?

Looked juiced up and ready on the opening drive, got the GL reps and just couldn't quite get in, then they got tricky and gave Everett the rush. The rest of the day Brown had several drives all to himself. McVay had a very conservative gameplan and Goff was very meh. Giants D actually isn't the worst, they came to play today. Days will be better, but he is maxing out in that backend RB2 area right now...Akers will cut into his share too.

[Guwop 802]

might try to see if i can buy low. The owner has mixon (who just went off). With this play and with akers coming back if you believe in hendo going forward his price dropped for sure

[StevenSC400 1,002]

8 minutes ago, Guwop said:

might try to see if i can buy low. The owner has mixon (who just went off). With this play and with akers coming back if you believe in hendo going forward his price dropped for sure

What’s there to believe in? Only thing I see is a 3 RB rotation when Akers gets back. They clearly Still like brown too much And invested in Akers. Can’t wait to drop him this week.

Edited October 4, 2020 by StevenSC400

[mjb 808]

18 minutes ago, Guwop said:

might try to see if i can buy low. The owner has mixon (who just went off). With this play and with akers coming back if you believe in hendo going forward his price dropped for sure

Buy Hendo low? Does that make sense in a 3 headed monster?

[sSektor 2,255]

What the hell happened during the game? Seems the clock got burned insanely fast.

[Stallion 278]

He got McVay'd.

[Rainyy 1,624]

5 minutes ago, sSektor said:

What the hell happened during the game? Seems the clock got burned insanely fast.

 

I don't think the Rams committed a penalty all game, and both teams had some pretty long drives.  Not a lot of stoppages.  

[Evincar 1,686]

51 minutes ago, StevenSC400 said:

What’s there to believe in? Only thing I see is a 3 RB rotation when Akers gets back. They clearly Still like brown too much And invested in Akers. Can’t wait to drop him this week.

 

I think he's still worth holding on to see how this shakes out.

[mjb 808]

So if Hendo scores a TD, does he stay in the game today and puts up RB2 numbers?

[atrium 1,176]

Amazing how a guy can look dominant for two straight weeks, and the coach decides that it's time to get cute and play the career JAG over him. And then they barely beat the 31st best team in the NFL. Bold strategy, McVay. Bold.

[Rainyy 1,624]

25 minutes ago, mjb said:

So if Hendo scores a TD, does he stay in the game today and puts up RB2 numbers?

 

I don't think that would have anything to do with his usage.  It's not like Henderson was stuffed at the goal-line multiple times, and his coaches subsequently punished him.  

Henderson converted one or two third and short in the opening drive, and then had a couple of a red zone carries, each for 3-4 yards.  His short yardage runs were actually pretty good.  Took the ball from the 6 to the 2 yard line to set up the jet sweep TD (first TD for the Rams).  

Here's my guess regarding Henderson's usage in this game and going forward:  

(1) The Rams consider Henderson the better runner

(2) The Rams prefer Malcolm Brown in pass protection/passing situations

(3) Therefore, in games where the Rams are protecting a lead, I think we see way more Henderson, like the previous two games. (before today).  In close games, or games where the Rams are trailing, like today, we get more Malcolm Brown.  

(4) This is complete speculation and I am probably wrong.  I just have no other explanation given Henderson has been far more efficient with his touches than Brown.  I have to think pass protection is playing a role.  

 

Edited October 5, 2020 by Rainyy

[Guwop 802]

1 hour ago, mjb said:

Buy Hendo low? Does that make sense in a 3 headed monster?

 

1 hour ago, StevenSC400 said:

What’s there to believe in? Only thing I see is a 3 RB rotation when Akers gets back. They clearly Still like brown too much And invested in Akers. Can’t wait to drop him this week.

 

I could do worse with some of my bench stash. He's a buy low according to how he's being viewed now

[pdog109 4,721]

McVay is an idiot. Rams deserved to lose this game and it would have been all moron McVay's doing.

[jujus-jujubees 948]

19 minutes ago, Rainyy said:

 

I don't think that would have anything to do with his usage.  It's not like Henderson was stuffed at the goal-line multiple times, and his coaches subsequently punished him.  

Henderson converted one or two third and short in the opening drive, and then had a couple of a red zone carries, each for 3-4 yards.  His short yardage runs were actually pretty good.  Took the ball from the 6 to the 2 yard line to set up the jet sweep TD (first TD for the Rams).  

Here's my guess regarding Henderson's usage in this game and going forward:  

(1) The Rams consider Henderson the better runner

(2) The Rams prefer Malcolm Brown in pass protection/passing situations

(3) Therefore, in games where the Rams are protecting a lead, I think we see way more Henderson, like the previous two games. (before today).  In close games, or games where the Rams are trailing, like today, we get more Malcolm Brown.  

(4) This is complete speculation and I am probably wrong.  I just have no other explanation given Henderson has been far more efficient with his touches than Brown.  I have to think pass protection is playing a role.  

 

 

Great analysis, but it doesn't include Akers, and that's going to be a thing. 

[FooserX 208]

I thought hendo looked very good… But to be honest Malcolm Brown also looks ok. I think McVay is just staying true to his word. He told everybody this would be a running back by committee… And that is exactly what it is

 

This is very similar to the patriots backfield in recent years. Any given week a running back might put up 20+ points… And then you end up chasing those points only for the next guy up to get those
 

 

Edited October 5, 2020 by FooserX

[StevenSC400 1,002]

30 minutes ago, Guwop said:

 

 

I could do worse with some of my bench stash. He's a buy low according to how he's being viewed now

Too bad you aren’t in my league. You could buy low right from the waiver wire after I drop him. 

[FitzMagic 4,260]

8 minutes ago, FooserX said:

I thought hendo looked very good… But to be honest Malcolm Brown also looks ok. I think McVay is just staying true to his word. He told everybody this would be a running back by committee… And that is exactly what it is

 

This is very similar to the patriots backfield in recent years. Any given week a running back might put up 20+ points… And then you end up chasing those points only for the next guy up to get those
 

 

Looks like this backfield is "stay away from" like Tampa. You will just never know who is going to be the "hot hand".

[Evincar 1,686]

11 minutes ago, FooserX said:

I thought hendo looked very good… But to be honest Malcolm Brown also looks ok. I think McVay is just staying true to his word. He told everybody this would be a running back by committee… And that is exactly what it is

 

This is very similar to the patriots backfield in recent years. Any given week a running back might put up 20+ points… And then you end up chasing those points only for the next guy up to get those
 

 

 

That doesnt mean it will be a committee all season. If someone is going to emerge its going to be Akers or Henderson.

[Rainyy 1,624]

7 minutes ago, Evincar said:

 

That doesnt mean it will be a committee all season. If someone is going to emerge its going to be Akers or Henderson.

 

Definitely possible, but what is strange is that many of us thought Henderson had already "emerged."  Henderson has been outplaying Brown the last couple games, and greatly out-touched him last week.  

Maybe we chalk up his ~20 carries last week to the Rams simply riding the hot hand, but the Rams didn't even give Henderson an opportunity to get going today.  That's just surprising given how well Henderson has played.  I thought he had earned it.  Oh well.