Hall of Famer James Lofton makes MVP case for Derrick Henry, says Titans RB could smash single-season record

As a former Bills receiver who was a member of three Super Bowl groups, James Lofton is usually requested about his former crew. Lofton, a CBS NFL analyst who was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor Fame in 2003, was requested this week if the Payments’ Week 6 loss to the Titans was a wake name for Buffalo. Lofton mentioned that Buffalo’s 34-31 loss to the Titans was much less about them and extra in regards to the dominance of Titans working again Derrick Henry, who ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns towards the Payments’ protection. 

Lofton, who performed with a Corridor of Fame working again in former Payments star Thurman Thomas, says that Henry’s dimension — and the best way he makes use of his bodily attributes — has made him a minimize above the remainder of in the present day’s working backs. 

“There’s an enormous hole between Derrick and the subsequent finest working again,” Lofton advised reporters earlier this week. “It is humorous, if we had a quarterback who was 7 ft tall and was constructed like Shaq, that will be the equal of Derrick Henry and the remainder of the working backs and the league. … Here is one man who simply dominates at his place like no one else. We have now the Most Priceless Participant award, but when we had the Most Dominant Participant award, it could be Derrick Henry.”

Lofton provided a particular instance of Henry’s dominance. He shared one thing that he noticed throughout the broadcast of Tennessee’s Week 2 win over Seattle when Henry was used within the passing recreation.

“I began noticing that Derrick Henry is so large, he is like that large tractor trailer truck that’s making a U-turn on the street,” Lofton mentioned, “after which when it turns, all the different automobiles form of half. So Derrick Henry would make that flip and you’d see two defensive backs come up after which they’d go, ‘Whoa, you sort out him. No, you sort out him.'”

Henry’s success over the previous two-plus seasons would counsel that he’s the NFL’s finest working again by a substantial margin. The league’s chief in dashing yards and landing runs the previous two seasons, Henry grew to become the eighth participant in league historical past to run for over 2,000 yards in a single season in 2020. Via seven video games, Henry as soon as once more leads the sphere with 869 yards and 10 dashing touchdowns. Henry is on tempo to surpass Eric Dickerson’s single season dashing document, a document that has stood for 37 years. 

If he can proceed on his present tempo, Lofton sees no cause why Henry would not be thought-about for league MVP, an award that has not been giving to a working again since Adrian Peterson took house the glory in 2012.  

“Derrick Henry for MVP isn’t an enormous stretch,” Lofton mentioned. “And with a 17-game season, I might see 22, 23, 2,400 yards. And once you smash an NFL document … it is best to positively be within the dialog, and in case your crew does nicely. In case your crew is 13-4 or 12-5 and you are the engine that is drive it, why not be within the MVP dialog and Derrick Henry will surely be in that.”