re: Who was more of a physical freak of nature..Henry or Julio?

I agree with what the other guy said. Julio is a freak obviously but guys like Fitzgerald, Megatron, Metclaf, etc. are a similar level of freakish if not more. But there’s not a guy quite like Henry.

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People keep saying Derrick Henry, but Julio is a shoo-in HOF WR. Julio might be in the top 5 WRs to ever play football. I meannn, come on

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HOF doesn’t mean freak of nature though. Marvin Harrison had a HOF career, but I wouldn’t call him a freak of nature. Being in the HOF requires a lot of things but you don’t necessarily have to be freakishly athletic. Henry has the talent to be in the HOF too, it depends on his durability, but the talent is there.

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Derrick Henry looks like a child compared to A’Shawn Robinson


What did that boy eat growing up?

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He ate your cornbread.

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He does stuff like that all the time. Check out the King Henry stiff-arm highlights:

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Str8 up bully with that stiff-arm.

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I don't recall ever seeing him even look shaken up on the field or anything.

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THIS ^ is as impressive as anything.

He is made of a different material, or he was born on krypton. Yeah, Henry is the most freakish FB player I've ever seen, and that goes all the way back to his HS reel. Dude rushed for like 400 yards a game. Nobody could catch him, and if they did they couldn't tackle him. ??

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Henry wasn't even good unless he got in the open field.

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Well that’s dumb.

First of all the question asked who is a bigger freak of nature. Name me one other RB that has Henry’s combo of size, speed, acceleration, durability etc. I can name some receivers who were built like (or even better) then Julio.

Secondly it isn’t always about getting into the open field. It’s also about being a workhorse. Dude was just as fresh on his last carry as he was on his first. Most guys that have 30 carries in back to back games will be winded at the end. Not Henry, dude would still be a threat to outrun the entire defense for a long gain or TD by that 60th carry in 2 games.

Henry carried that offense in some drives and some games. He had plenty of games with far more total touches then Coker, the QB, had passing attempts. Which is something you don’t see much in today’s offenses.

Third Henry got into the open field a lot. It’s like saying if you take away all his big plays, he doesn’t look as good. You can make that argument for every player.

Fourth (and probably the most ludicrous statement) what you’re saying is not just that Julio is better but that Henry was largely above average at best most of the time. Consider how many RBs there have been in all of CFB ever. You’re saying Henry is a little above average at best over all those thousands.