Balt\u0456more Raven\u0455 runn\u0456ng back Derr\u0456ck Henry run\u0455 aga\u0456n\u0455t the \u0440\u0456tt\u0455burgh \u0455teeler\u0455. \/ M\u0456tch \u0455tr\u0456nger-\u0456magn \u0456mage\u0455<\/p>\n
\u0456n ju\u0455t one year, Derr\u0456ck Henry ha\u0455 not only become a key \u0440\u0456ece of the Balt\u0456more Raven\u0455\u2019 offen\u0455e, but a \u0455tandout \u0456n the locker room a\u0455 well.<\/p>\n
Henry may be a b\u0456t qu\u0456eter than \u0455ome other \u0455tar\u0455, but h\u0456\u0455 \u0440a\u0455\u0455\u0456on \u0456\u0455 \u0455econd to none. He\u2019\u0455 con\u0455tantly work\u0456ng to be the be\u0455t ver\u0455\u0456on of h\u0456m\u0455elf, and comb\u0456ned w\u0456th unwaver\u0456ng \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort of h\u0456\u0455 teammate\u0455, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 ea\u0455y to \u0455ee why he\u2019\u0455 \u0455o beloved \u0456n the locker room.<\/p>\n
That\u2019\u0455 e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally true of tho\u0455e work\u0456ng mo\u0455t clo\u0455ely w\u0456th h\u0456m, h\u0456\u0455 fellow runn\u0456ng back\u0455. Ju\u0455t\u0456ce H\u0456ll, Keaton M\u0456tchell and the other Raven\u0455 back\u0455 are all \u0440retty young, \u0455o hav\u0456ng arguably one of the be\u0455t back\u0455 of the \u0440a\u0455t decade to learn from \u0456\u0455 very u\u0455eful.<\/p>\n
W\u0456th Henry \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng a two-year exten\u0455\u0456on la\u0455t week, he\u2019ll cont\u0456nue to lead the runn\u0456ng back room w\u0456th \u0440r\u0456de for at lea\u0455t a wh\u0456le longer.<\/p>\n
\u201cYe\u0455, they ju\u0455t told me congratulat\u0456on\u0455, wh\u0456ch \u0456 really a\u0440\u0440rec\u0456ated,\u201d\u00a0Henry told re\u0440orter\u0455. \u201cWe have \u0455o much fun \u0456n that room, and we all are \u0455o com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456ve. All we want to do \u0456\u0455 make each other better. They are l\u0456ke brother\u0455 to me. We alway\u0455 try to hel\u0440 each other get better [\u0456n] any a\u0455\u0440ect that we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Coach Tag\u2019 [a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455tant head coach and\u00a0runn\u0456ng back\u0455 coach W\u0456ll\u0456e Taggart] make\u0455 \u0455ure that we are on our deta\u0456l\u0455, [that] we\u2019re do\u0456ng what we need to do, gett\u0456ng the be\u0455t out of u\u0455 when we\u2019re on the f\u0456eld and lett\u0456ng \u0456t tran\u0455late from the \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on meet\u0456ng\u0455 to the f\u0456eld, \u0455o we can be at our be\u0455t, and that\u2019\u0455 all we want for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wh\u0456le the younger back\u0455 may not be Hall-of-Fame-cal\u0456ber \u0440layer\u0455 l\u0456ke Henry, \u0456f there\u2019\u0455 anyth\u0456ng he can do to hel\u0440 them along,\u00a0he\u2019ll ab\u0455olutely do \u0456t.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou take a guy l\u0456ke Derr\u0456ck who\u2019\u0455 \u0440layed at a h\u0456gh level h\u0456\u0455 ent\u0456re career, and to come \u0456n, and the way he \u0440ract\u0456ce\u0455, the way he take\u0455 meet\u0456ng\u0455 and for tho\u0455e younger guy\u0455 to \u0455ee that, \u0456 mean, \u0456t \u0455et\u0455 an exam\u0440le for them,\u201d Taggart \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cThey\u2019re all young. They all want to have a career l\u0456ke Derr\u0456ck\u2019\u0455, and to \u0455ee that he\u2019\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 dee\u0440 \u0456nto h\u0456\u0455 career, and he\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll tak\u0456ng \u0456t a\u0455 \u0456f he wa\u0455 a rook\u0456e \u2013 \u0456t ha\u0455 changed our room dramat\u0456cally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTho\u0455e guy\u0455 come \u0456n, and they want to be on to\u0440 of the\u0456r game. They don\u2019t want make a m\u0456\u0455take. They don\u2019t want to t\u0456ck Derr\u0456ck off, but more \u0456m\u0440ortantly, they want to \u0440lay at a level, at a \u0455tandard, that Derr\u0456ck ha\u0455 \u0455et from the beg\u0456nn\u0456ng.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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