The Baltimore Ravens just got the ultimate bargain.
They signed Derrick Henry to a two-year deal worth $16 million with only $9 million guaranteed.
Now, the league’s finest rushing attack will add the ultimate bruiser, a guy who won’t shy away from contact and that will run through people at the line of scrimmage week in and week out.
That’s why NFL analyst Skip Bayless believes they should now be the favorites to win the Super Bowl.
Talking on Undisputed, Bayless argued that even though Henry could be in the decline, his body looks younger than the average 30-year-old.
“I’m going to pick the Ravens to win the Super Bowl,” Bayless said.
“I’m going to pick the Ravens to win the Super Bowl.”@RealSkipBayless believes Derrick Henry gives Baltimore a Super Bowl push pic.twitter.com/UaZOihNLzt
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He called him a huge human being and a guy who’s obviously going to take plenty of pressure off Lamar Jackson’s shoulders.
Then, truth to form, he ranted about how his beloved Dallas Cowboys weren’t even in the mix to acquire his services.
The Ravens should bully their opponents at the line of scrimmage.
Their running back-by-committee approach was often efficient and dominant, and that was without a bona fide bruiser and physical presence like Derrick Henry.
They have an elite offensive line and one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the game.
On top of that, they managed to get him on a team-friendly deal that’s pretty much devoid of risk because there’s no guaranteed money in the second year of that contract.
The Ravens, unlike Skip’s Cowboys, are going all-in to get over the hump, and good moves usually lead to good results in this league.
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