Derrick Henry Top Plays of the 2023 Regular Season

BOTH HENRY AND SPEARS ON THE FIELD. SPEARS IN MOTION. HENRY HAS THE OUTSIDE. THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE. HE MOVES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 30. >> Ross: WATCH THE RIGHT SIDE, NUMBER 66. PANCAKES HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND. >> Jason: YOU SAID D.B.s DON'T WANT TO TACKLE HIM. NO BLACK SHIRTS ALLOWED IN MY CLUB, SIR. PLEASE EXIT TO THE LEFT. DERRICK HENRY, THE WAY TO FINISH J.J. WATT ON DIFFERENT SUNDAYS. >> Ross: NO QUESTION. >> Chris: TAKING OVER FROM THE 29, TANNEHILL, SCREEN. HENRY RUNS. HENRY GALLOPS, HENRY EXPLODES. KEEPS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE 25. MARCUS NATE FILLY ON THE STOP. LEFT GUARD. WATCH THESE TWO GUYS GET NICE BLOCKS FOR HENRY IN SPACE. BREWERS IS OUT THERE. NUMBER 60 IS OUT THERE. LOOK AT THAT LANE FOR THE BIG BOY TO GO. JAY, YOU'RE SCARED IF YOU GET OUT THERE. >> Chris: OUT -- GIVE IT TO DERRICK HENRY. >> James: THEY ARE THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. >> Tom: SECOND AND GOAL. TRIES AGAIN. LEAPS HIS BODY ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. TOUCHDOWN TITANS. >> James: THAT LOOKED LIKE A TITAN'S OFFENSE OF SOLD. YOU HAD A.J. BROWN. YOU COULD GO DOWN THE FIELD WITH >> Tom: THE FIRST LOSING SEASON FOR MIKE VRABLE. HENRY GOES TO THE SIDE. OKONKWO WITH A GREAT BLOCK TO >> James: VINTAGE DERRICK HENRY. ONCE HE GOT HIS SHOULDERS SQUARE, IT BECAME AN ISSUE IN THE SECONDARY GOING WHO WILL GET IN FRONT OF HIM? >> Jay: STARTS WITH A PLAY ACTION PASS ON THE FIRST DOWN. THAT PUTS THE DEFENSE. LAST SIX PLAYS. THE EXPLOSIVENESS THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. SPEAKING OF EXPLOSIVENESS, DERRICK HENRY IN THE OPEN FIELD. DERRICK HENRY'S GONE! VINTAGE KING HENRY FOR 29 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. AND A TOUCHDOWN. >> Mark: WELL, THIS IS CALLED SWING GATE RIGHT HERE. WHEN YOU COME UP THE FIELD, YOU CREATE DIFFERENT LEVELS. UP THE FIELD TOO FAR. LOOK AT THE LEVEL RIGHT THERE. AND THEN KING HENRY. LITTLE STIFF ARM. THAT'S WHAT HE'S KNOWN FOR. AND THEN THAT LONG SPEED, ADAM. HIS ABILITY TO JUST GET GOING. ONCE HE ROLLS, AIN'T NOBODY CATCHING THAT 250-POUND BEAST. REMEMBER, TENNESSEE GETS THE BALL TO START THE THIRD. HENRY, BIG HOLE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. AND A BIG RUN OUT TO THE 35. A TIME OUT USED HERE. WIDE. REMEMBER, A COLLEGE RECEIVER. HE HENRY. PASS! TOUCHDOWN! JOSH WHYLE, THE FIRST OF HIS NFL CAREER! DEEPER INTO THE BAG OF TRICKS. HENRY WITH HIS FOURTH CAREER TOUCHDOWN. >> Mark: THEY'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING GOING THIS WAY WITH DERRICK HENRY. OUTSIDE. AND YOU SAW WHYLE JUST ESCAPE OUT THE BACK SIDE. PRATT ALMOST GETS IT. BUT IT'S TOO EASY. IT'S LIKE STEALING RIGHT THERE. THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS IS A GAME THAT MATTERS, IT'S A HEAD TO HEAD WIN. >> Mark: I KNOW 2-2 FEELS A LOT BETTER THAN 1-3. >> Adam: THAT CAPS OFF A STRONG Tennessee. We'll take it any way they can as Derrick Henry is in the Wildcat and he fakes the pitch. And Derrick Henry's free. Derrick Henry is running all the way down to the nine yard line. Wildcat in Dede Gain of 64 for the big men are not supposed to move that fast. Rich Right here move that fast. Rich Right here fake the reverse off to the right hand side. Nice little gap. And that's what you're talking about. Get him going. Get him downhill. And he is so hard to stop. And you see the speed of Marcus Williams says, okay, how am I going to get this guy down there? Go, go get the thigh board. And they follow up the roughing penalty first down Here's Henry Derrick Henry touchdown. 51 yards and we've got a ball game Kurt Warner Well and that's what they mean by you've got to stop him before he gets going You get him back to downhill. All you're going to see the hole right here. But he gets downhill through the line of scrimmage and then watch the speed to be able to bounce out the stiff arm and the nose to get into the end zone. They are right back into this thing. So here comes folk to make it a TENNESSEE TEAMS IS GOING TO A THIRD AND A SECOND OR TWO QUARTERBACKS. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER ON ONE OF THEM. >> Beth: HENRY BIG HOLE UP THE MIDDLE. OUT TO THE 40-YARD LINE AND A RUN OF 15. >> James L: YOU TALK ABOUT THE DOWNHILL SURGE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO RUSH THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. RON PLANTS A TO KIND OF STOP IT. A LITTLE BIT. AL: BIG HOLE IN THE MIDDLE. FIRST DOWN AND GOAL. FIRST AND GOAL NOW AT THE EIGHT OF LINE, A LOT OF GUYS BANGED UP. HELPS OUT, ALLOWS THE CENTER TO GET UP THERE. RUNS GO BACK, AND AGAIN, DERRICK HENRY, IF HE HAS A CHANCE TO GET DOWNHILL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING HIM DOWN. IT TAKES A GUY WITH COURAGE TO STEP IN FRONT OF BIG 22 AT 250 AL: PUT A FULLBACK IN THERE. GIVE IT TO HENRY, HENRY IS GOING TO TRY TO GET TO THE GOAL LINE AND DOES. TOUCHDOWN. DERRICK HENRY. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO SLOW HIM DOWN, BUT HE RUNS THROUGH THAT COLLISION. DEFINITELY NEEDS DID NOT TOUCH, EXTENDS THE BALL ACROSS THE PLANE, AND WHAT ARE DRIVE BY THIS TENNESSEE OFFENSE. 11 PLAYS AND 73 YARDS. SOME INJURIES, SOME PENALTIES, BUT THEY JUST KIND OF CAP -- GREAT WALL -- WALK BY AARON BREWER ON THAT LAST PLAY. >> DERRICK HENRY. WHAT A PLAY. WATER IN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU GET A 23 YARD PICKUP. >> AT THE LAST SPLIT SECOND HE REALIZES HIGHSMITH IS ON HIM AND SOMEHOW THE STRENGTH ALLOWS HIM TO GET THE BALL OVER THE DEFENSE AND INTO THE HANDS OF DERRICK HENRY. CAME OVER IN FREE AGENCY FROM HOUSTON IN THE OFF-SEASON PER.FIRST DOWN RUNNING. MOORE OUT-OF-BOUNDS, TACKLED BY DEVIN LLOYD. IT WILL BE 1ST & GOAL, PICK UP >> Adam: 15th PLAY FOR A DRIVE THAT STARTED BACK AT THE 9. IT'S A GIVE TO DERRICK HENRY. BANGING HIS WAY AND BURROWS FORWARD. A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE TITANS. TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR. >> Mark: THAT IS CALLED BRING YOUR OWN BLOCKER, ADAM. NOTHING THERE AND RUNNING INTO WHITE JERSEYS. JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND KEEP THE LEGS CHURNING AND FIND THAT END ZONE. LOOK AT HIM DROP DOWN AND USE THAT POWER AND JUST KEEP HIS FEET MOVING. MAN, I TELL YOU WHAT, HE IS A INSIDE THROW OR INSIDE TOSS. BUT THAT IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE KANSAS CITY PLAYBOOK. >> Adam: DERRICK HENRY BREAKS A TACKLE AND DERRICK HENRY HAS GOT HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY. YOU'RE GETTING ONE YARD A CARRY, YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK IT. WATCH. NOT ONLY DERRICK HENRY, BUT WATCH -- YOU'VE GOT HOPKINS THERE OFF THE EDGE SEES THE BLITZ. MOVES UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL SAFETY. A MISSED TACKLE BY LUVU AND THE REST IS HISTORY. DERRICK HENRY TAKING IT TO THE WILL LEVIS IS BACK TO WORK. RIGHT BACK TO DERRICK HENRY TO START THIS SERIES. HE SHEDS A TACKLE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM WILLIAMS AND TURNED INTO A THE DAY. >> Mark: YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BOUNCE THE BALL THIS WE WILL WHEN YOU'RE THIS BIG. IT STARTS THIS AT THE HASH AND BOUNCES AT THE NUMBERS. HAVE THE SPEED AND ATHLETICISM. DID YOU SEE THE SIZE DIFFERENCE IF YOU WANT TO GO HARD PLAY ACTION HERE AND MAYBE GET SOMEBODY ONE-ON-ONE DOWN THE EDGE. >> Adam: HERE IS HENRY USING THAT ARM. THE STIFF ARM. SMARTLY CUTS IT BACK INSIDE AND STAYS INBOUNDS PAST THE 45 YARD LINE AND CLOCK IS CHURNING WITH 20-YARD RUN. HIS BEST OF THE DAY. >> Mark: ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT. WE HAVE TRIED A COUPLE OF INSIDE RUNS AND MAKE SURE WE GET THERE AND NOW POP THAT THING TO THE OUTSIDE. TRY TO GET OUR BIG RUNNING BACK ON A COUPLE OF DBs AND YOU SEE THE SIZE DIFFERENCE WITH BROWN OVER THERE. DERRICK BROWN WITH A HUSTLE DOWN GAME, THE RUN GAME, EXTREMELY PHYSICAL PLAYER FOR THE COLTS. HERE'S HENRY INSIDE THE 20. NOW HE'S GOT THE 10, HE'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN. THE TITANS HAVE GONE 15 STREET HAPPENING. HE JUST RIDES THIS WAVE. STARTS IT FRONT SIDE TO THE RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE DOUBLE-TEAM THERES THE MIDDLE. RIDES THE WAVE TO THE BACK SIDE. RUNS AWAY FROM THE CORNERBACK FOR -- MAN, HE CAN MOVE IT. TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE TITANS. ONE, GUYS. >> Andrew: A LOT TO SORT OUT. THANKS, GENE, A SCREEN TO HENRY. THERE GOES DERRICK HENRY. TRIPPED UP FROM BEHIND. BLACKMON WAS ABLE TO BRING HIM THE DEFENSE HAS TO HONOR THIS. >> Andrew: AND HENRY DRIVES IT IN TO THE END ZONE. TITANS GO NO HUDDLE. DERRICK HENRY WITH HIS SECOND RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE >> Tiki: WE TALKED ABOUT PACE EARLIER ON. A BIG SHOT DOWN THE FIELD TO HOPKINS AND DERRICK HENRY JUST BULLIES HIS WAY IN TO THE END ZONE. >> Chris: THEY HAVE 14. DIRECT SNAP TO HENRY. HE'S GOT IT. AND HE'S GOING TO SCORE STANDING UP. TENNESSEE, THE MARATHON MARCH ASSISTED BY THAT PENALTY FROM CHUBB. HE LOST HIS COOL. >> Chris: TAKES IT IN. TENNESSEE HAS DRAWN EVEN. SOMEONE THAT HAS TO SETTLE IN. GAVE UP FIVE SACKS AGAINST THE COLTS. THEY ONLY GAVE UP ONE SACK TONIGHT. THIS TIME FROM THE POCKET. DLIFZ DOWNFIELD. THE CATCH IS MADE BY DERRICK HENRY. HE GOES UP AND GRABS IT. HOPKINS IS IN THE SLOT. HE'S GOING TO HOOK UP. PAY ATTENTION TO RAMSEY. HE'S GOING TO PAY ALL VISION TO HOPKINS. SEE HOW HE LEAVES HIM THERE? THAT ALLOWS HENRY TO GO DOWN THE SIDELINE. IT'S A REALLY GOOD JOB. RAMSEY IS GOING TO PEAK. >> I TRACK PRINCIPAL. DOLPHINS. HENRY DIVES AND SCORES AND TENNESSEE HAS TIED IT UP. A P.A.T. COMING. INCREDIBLE RALLY. REALLY IT STARTS WITH THE QUARTERBACK. LOOK AT THAT JOB OF DERRICK HENRY. THIS IS ZONE. HE TRUSTS HIS VISION. AND THE BIG FELLOW GETS THE EDGE. AND LOOK AT WILL LEVIS, MAN. GOOD FOR THAT YOUNG MAN IN THIS ANDREW: PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO 2. AND TANNEHILL JUST GETS IT OFF. NO FLAGS. HENRY TRYING TO PUSH THAT PILE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND HENRY ESCAPES THE PILE AND PICKS UP ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. 15-YARD RUN FOR HENRY. TIKI: USING THAT. THIS IS THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER. DOUBLE-TEAMS AND USING POWER FOOTBALL AND BIG JUMBLED MESS. MATT: AND HENRY GOES AND PUTS HIS WEIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE FIRST DOWN AND 10. HENRY. LOOKING TO THROW IT! WIDE OPEN! TOUCHDOWN! OKONKWO. HENRY'S SECOND PASSING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. AND THE FOURTH TIME IN HIS CAREER THAT HE HAS THROWN A LOOKS LIKE POWER, BUT HENRY FINDS OKONKWO, RIGHT CORNER OF THE END ZONE. OKONKWO FIRST SECOND DOWN SINCE WEEK 18 LAST SEASON. MATT: OUTSIDE RUN AND HENRY IS SAVING SPACE FOR TANNEHILL TO DELIVER THAT FOOTBALL. ANDREW: FIRST CATCH THIS YEAR FOR BURKS. TANNEHILL LOOKING FOR HENRY ON THE SCREEN. BLOCKERS AHEAD. AND HENRY SPINS HIS WAY FOR A FIRST DOWN. WAGNER ON THE TACKLE AFTER A GAIN OF 11. MATT: TENNESSEE STAPLE FOR A LONG TIME AND DEEP PLAY-ACTION PASS. TANNEHILL'S EYES AND THROWS THE SCREEN ON THE BACK SIDE AND GIVE IT TO HENRY. GOOD WAY TO PICK UP 10 YARDS AND GREAT WAY AROUND THE LOGO. ANN THAT PART OF THE FIELD, TIKI: HENRY, 7 1/2 YARDS DEEP. ANDREW: GIVE IT TO HENRY AND AS HE TAKES IT IN! TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE. 11TH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR FOR HENRY! AND THE TITANS ARE BACK IN FRONT! UNBLOCKED IN THE HOLE, HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE AS HE POWERS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE. ANDREW: THESE FANS ARE SO SMART, LEAVING THE DOUBLE TEAMS EARLY. THAT LAST TIME, YOU COULD SEE DERRICK HENRY ABLE TO GET ON YARDS BECAUSE THEY STAYED ON THOSE DOUBLE TEAMS. >> Chris: THERE IS DERRICK HENRY WITH HIS BEST RUN OF THE DAY AND BEST RUN IN TWO GAMES AGAINST HOUSTON. A GAME BREAK WITH CHARISSA WILL LEVIS IS OUT, RIGHT FOOT INJURY, LEFT ANKLE. LOOK AT HENRY GO OUT TO THE 37-YARD LINE. HE SPRINTS FOR 1 AND A FIRST DOWN FOR THE TENNESSEE TITANS. TRENT: GREAT JOB WORKING THAT LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE AND THEN THE POWER HE'S SLOAN THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. THEY SAID WE HAVE TO GET THEM IN THIRD AND LONG AND BE ABLE TO GET AFTER RYAN TANNEHILL FROM A PASSING STANDPOINT. I LIKE THAT. [LAUGHTER] KEVIN: SO THEY CALL IT INCOMPLETE. IT'S SECOND AND 10 HENRY CHARGING, DRIVING AND HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN. TACKLED IN THE SECONDARY BY TAKES IT UP TO THE 43. ANOTHER BIG GAIN FOR HENRY, WHO HAD ONE EARLIER IN THE GAME, FOR 11. TRENT: SKORONSKI WITH A GOOD BLOCK AND THAT ALLOWS HIM TO CUT BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE. A LOT IS MADE OF HIS POWER AND HIS STIFF ARMS BUT THE QUICKNESS AND NIMBLE FEET ALLOWS HIM TO GET THROUGH THAT FIRST WAVE TO FIRST AND 10 HERE FROM THE 18. BROOKS IN MOTION. HENRY THE CALL. BLOCK BY SKORONSKI. HE'S GOT HIM, TOUCHDOWN! 18-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY DERRICK RECLAIMED THE LEAD. TRENT: WATCH THE BLOCKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE AND THEN IT'S THE PATIENCE OF HENRY. HE FAKES THE CUTBACK AND THAT GETS LLOYD TO COMMIT BACK TO THE INSIDE. HENRY SEES THAT SO HE JUMPS BACK TO THE OUTSIDE. BY THAT TIME LLOYD IS PINNED TO THE INSIDE AND THEN HE HAS THE SPEED TO GET TO THE FRONT CORNER COORDINATOR FOR THE JAGUARS TRYING TO GET HIS DEFENSE TO BE MACHINE SURE TACKLING HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. KEVIN: A COUPLE OF TIGHT ENDS AND ANOTHER BURST. A RACE NOW WITH CISCO. THERE HE GOES! LOOK AT THE BIG MAN. STIFF ARM. 10, 5, OUT OF BOUNDS! HE IS A RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN! WHAT A RUN! TRENT: GAP DISCIPLINE ON FIRST DOWN BUT NOT ON SECOND DOWN. THAT TIME DERRICK HENRY BARELY TOUCHED AS HE GETS THROUGH THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. YOU CAN SEE THE RESPECT CISCO HAS FOR HIM, NOT WANTING TO BE POST RISED BY A STIFF ARM. KEVIN: HE IS SOMETHING TO WATCH. THE HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER FROM ALABAMA.