Will it arrive in the future? Derrick Henry admits Dallas Cowboys didn’t look to sign him in NFL Free Agency
March 15, 2024
Derrick Henry and his long-awaited possibility of having the star on his helmet. / Photo: Sports Illustrated.
Just a few days ago, the new year of the National Football League (NFL) began and with it, the official beginning of Free Agency, in which all those players who finished their contract are free to sign with any other franchise. It didn’t take long for the rumors to appear and link the main figures with the main franchises.
One of the teams that remained silent but that many free agents were linked to before the tampering was the Dallas Cowboys. Your owner, Jerry Jones is known precisely for committing certain movements that cause a stir. in the league and also, Linking a player to the Cowboys usually raises their price.
In this context, one of those that sounded for Dallas was Derrick Henry himself, however the same player was in charge of denying these rumors by clarifying that “The Cowboys never communicated at all. In the offseason I am usually in the Dallas area. I’m kind of in the late stages of my career and it’s a great franchise. It would have been a great opportunity to play there but “I’m happy to have signed in Baltimore.”
Derrick Henry was INTERESTED in signing with the Dallas #Cowboysbut they never called him.
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) March 14, 2024
The new home in the NFL for Derrick Henry
The Alabama graduate came to the NFL in the 2016 Draft, when The Tennessee Titans chose him with the #45 pick in the second round. Since then he has been the leader of that backfield, with monstrous numbers and a carrying load rarely seen in the history of the league.
So far in his career he has accumulated -between regular season and playoffs-, 2,186 carries for 10,234 yards and 94 TDs, to which another 168 receptions for 1,546 yards and three scores should be added. With this statistic, it is clear that Henry was simply the workhorse of Tennessee and that he even did it in a great way.
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After eight seasons in Nashville, He will move to Baltimore thanks to the two-year, $16 million contract, which could rise to $20 million and with guaranteed money of $9 million. Henry will be part of an offense that reached the last AFC Conference Championship and couldn’t against the Chiefs defense.
This way, Lamar Jackson adds an extremely effective weapon on the ground that will mean that opposing defenses will not only have to worry about the QB’s own legs, but now also about the ability to overwhelm defenders. that the former Titans has.
Iván Lerro
Co-Founder of No Huddle. Editor, editor and host of the different products of the medium. He has followed the NFL since 2012 and has covered it since 2020. Dallas Cowboys specialist.
2024-03-15 16:31:23
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