Derrick Henry Enters History As His Titans Defeat the Jaguars 30-9

Last night’s prime time football amazed all the football fans around the world. To be more precise, it was Derrick Henry who made this contest unforgettable. Titans’ running back provided the 99-yard touchdown, tying the longest one in the history of the National Football League.

Tony Dorsett did the same in 1983 while playing for Dallas.

But it is not just the yardage, the way he did that is unbelievable. Henry destroyed the whole secondary of the Jaguars. His stiff-arm will be remembered pretty god by A.J. Bouye, Leon Jacobs and Myles Jack, who all felt its power. All these three guys were, obliterated during his run.

“Once I got in the open field on that 99-yard run, it was going to take all of them,” Henry said. “I definitely wasn’t going to go down easy, so I definitely wanted to use my stiff-arm to my advantage, and it worked.”

Derrick Henry, a 99-yard GROWN MAN run

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A.J. Bouye explained how good Henry was on that play. The 6th season cornerback from UCF, stated that he wanted to slow down Titans’ running back, and that he did, but it turned out to be a bad decision, as he smashed his other two teammates.

“He knows how to use that stiff arm good,” Bouye said. “In my mind, I was like, ‘Let me slow him up.’ I slowed him up and he stiff-armed two more guys. That’s when you realize how good his stiff arm is.”

But the historic run wasn’t all from Henry last night. He also recorded 4 touchdowns, and it was the first time since 2014, for some player to achieve that.

He set the franchise record with 238 yards from 16 carries, surpassing Chris Johnson’s 228 yards set against, now this is interesting, the Jags nine years ago.

Henry also became the first player in the Super Bowl era to record 200 yards in fewer than 20 carries and score 4 touchdowns.

The numbers could have been much, much better, but the Heisman Trophy winner from 2015 wanted to get out so that his teammate Dion Lewis comes in and tries to get at least one touchdown.

“We both gotta eat,” Henry told after the game. “I wanted him to get a touchdown. I’ve got four. I just care about my teammates, and I wanted to see him get a touchdown.”

The game was decided in the first quarter when Tennessee’s defense held Jaguars at the one-yard line for three consecutive downs. Leonard Fournette couldn’t breach the tough defensive line, and the Jags gave the ball to the home team. From the spot where Jacksonville’s running back couldn’t score, Henry did what he did, pushing his Titans to a 13-2 lead. From that moment one, there was no hope for Doug Marone’s boys.

Coach Yoast: "All right now, I don't want them to gain another yard!" pic.twitter.com/UeNPjG9dOk

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“We just didn’t get him down.” Marone said on Henry’s play. ” I mean there were guys around them. He obviously gets hit, goes on, another guy is running, guy is running from the other side of the field, gu is running from behind, and they just didn’t tackle him.”

“When you look at the film, that’s what you going to see”

Cody Kessler who replaced Blake Bortles had a solid game for the Jaguars, throwing 240 yards, but with a low completion percentage, 25-of-43. He had one touchdown, no interceptions and one fumble.

On the other side, Marcus Mariota, a guy who won the Heisman the year before Henry, had 162 yards, 18/24, without a TD, and with one interception. Now, these numbers might look like a bad night for him, but he didn’t have too much to do besides his fantastic teammate.

The Titans had 426 yards, while the Jags posted only 255, and 60 of them were on the ground.

For the second year in a row, Tennessee swept their divisional rivals in the season encounters. It appears that Mike Vrabel has some formula for Marone and his style of play.

The Titans will be heading for New York next week to meet with the Giants, in what might be the most important game of the season for them and their wild-card ambitions.

The Jags are at home against the Redskins, and this is going to be their last match of the season at TIAA Bank Field.