What kind of season do you think Derrick Henry will have? Update: And Drake?

I think he'll break the 1000 yard mark, but its hard to say what kind of year he'll have because we don't know what kind of offense will be out there this year. If more of a ground-and-pound offense than balanced, I'll say 1300 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD's, and only around 200 receiving TD's with probably 1 or 2 receiving TD's. If the QB situation gets resolved and he's a better game manager than we expect, then I'll say he hits 1100 yards rushing, 12 rushing TD's, and around 250-300 receiving.

220 carries, 1200 yards, 14 TD.

Maybe I'm too critical but I still have my doubts about Henry as a complete back and I think we are going to really miss Yeldon.

I hope Henry has worked on his game and will prove me wrong, but so far I still view him as a beast when the play is blocked well but unable to create and help the oline out when the play is not blocked well like an Ingram, Lacy, and Yeldon could do.

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Maybe I'm too critical but I still have my doubts about Henry as a complete back

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The weak area in his game was compounded by the OL last year. He doesn't have the quickest lateral movement, so when run plays got blown up, he was dead in the water. When he gets holes, he's a damn monster. I also think his lack of "flash" hurts the perception of how good he is. Yeldon can make a 5 yard run look like a top 10 play on ESPN. Henry often makes 8 yard runs look pedestrian with the way he kinda hops though the line then falls forward after a few steps.

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I think he still bewilders everyone with his inability to break tackles.

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He does break tackles. Did it a lot last year.

He does break tackles once he builds his speed up running down the field. But if he gets hit before he gets going full speed he's done. Or at least he was in the past.

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He does break tackles once he builds his speed up running down the field. But if he gets hit before he gets going full speed he's done. Or at least he was in the past.

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I know exactly what you are saying. I was describing this early on in the season but often ignored. But it seems most have finally caught on and see it now. Even RBR wrote something up on it.

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Last season the most effective way to deal with Henry was, surprisingly enough, to meet him right at the line of scrimmage, as the junior’s top-heavy build and somewhat suspect footwork lead to issues running in traffic. However, the word is Henry leveraged that work ethic this offseason to improve his feet and add lower body mass,[4] which should help tremendously in his new role as the feature back. All signs point toward a big season for the new #2 in what may be his last year at the Capstone.

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I'd say the thing with Henry was just that out of all the star backs we've had under Saban (Ingram, T-Rich, Lacy, Yeldon) he goes down on inside runs the easiest despite being the biggest. Though I'm sure he's been working to correct that.

In space no one brings him down though.

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he goes down on inside runs the easiest despite being the biggest.

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I've argued this point plenty times before, but people act like his size works in his favor, when it actually works against him, and then people pass it off as not being physical enough.

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Yea thats what was being indicated. I mean i guess its difficult to see if you are blind or obtuse.

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I'm not blind or obtuse, I am just saying that most RBs don't get very far when met at the line of scrimmage. That's just a fact.

1300-1400 yds, 14-15 TDs, around 6.0 YPC