The Ravens easily overcame the Steelers in the Wild Card round and running back Derrick Henry unleashed hell on safety Minkah Fitzpatrick.
Von Miller and the Buffalo Bills have a tough task on Sunday. They'll be playing the marquee matchup of the Divisional Round, with Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the Baltimore Ravens coming to town.
Davis played running back for the Broncos from 1995 to 2001. In his career, the former Georgia star won an NFL MVP (1998) and two Offensive Player of the Year awards (1996, 1998) and brought Denver two Super Bowl wins. He won the Super Bowl XXXII MVP award. He also holds the record for most rushing touchdowns in a single postseason with eight.
Derrick Henry came into the AFC wild-card game on Saturday between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers in 17th place all time when it came to NFL playoff rushing history. The great running back left in ninth and left the Steelers in shambles as the Ravens won, 28-14, to advance to the divisional round.
Jackson felt like he was a kid again, watching Henry zoom past Steelers defenders like McQueen did his competition in the movie 'Cars'
With 6:17 remaining in the first quarter, Henry received the ball from a direct snap and scampered 34 yards to the Pittsburgh 12-yard line. On the tail end of the play, Henry laid a nasty stiff arm on Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, throwing the defender to the floor.
Ravens running back Derrick Henry tore through the Steelers defense, leading his club to a 28-14 victory in the AFC wild-card round and handing their rival a sixth straight postseason loss.
The Bills were going to run it, run it a lot and run it some more to combat the Denver Broncos’ NFL ... is future Hall of Fame running back (Derrick Henry) vs. two-time 1,000-yard rusher ...
In a showdown between the NFL's top two MVP candidates, will Josh Allen get the better of Lamar Jackson? The Buffalo Bills dispatched of the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs on Sunday afternoon,
The Bills run defense was good, but one other area of concern lingering from the regular season was their third-down defense. Only three teams (Carolina, Atlanta, Indianapolis) in the NFL were worse in the regular season than the Bills, who allowed first downs at an alarming 43.8% of the time.
The Ravens running back rushed for a season-high 199 yards in Week 4. But the Bills now have three key pieces back on defense.
The best week of actual football is here. The NFL divisional round, while not as lengthy as the wild-card round, typically features the best four games we get of the season. And I don't expect this week to be any different.