Divisional Round Showdown: Which NFL Teams Are Poised to Defy Expectations?
No team had a higher percentage of rushing attempts that gained 10 or more yards during the regular season than the Ravens, with Jackson producing the highest rate of any player with at least 100 carries at a staggering 26.6% and Henry (13.8%) tied for fifth among running backs meeting those minimums.
That’s clearly cause for concern for a Buffalo defense that permitted big-play runs (14.3%) at the second-highest frequency heading into the playoffs.
Henry proved to be too much for the Bills to handle back in Week 4, as he ripped off a tone-setting 87-yard touchdown run on Baltimore’s first play from scrimmage and accounted for 199 of the Ravens’ 271 rushing yards that night. And despite logging over 350 touches on his now 31-year-old body this season, the onetime NFL Offensive Player of the Year has shown no indications of wearing down by averaging 158.3 yards and a healthy 6.5 yards per carry over Baltimore’s last four games.
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