There are three stages of being impressed with watching Derrick Henry in practice.
The first is simply his size; he dwarfs Baltimore’s other running backs and visually looks more like Patrick Ricard. The second is his movement skills; he has the foot speed and lateral agility of a much smaller back.
The third is when the pads come on and the full picture of Derrick Henry comes into focus: a 247-pound wrecking ball who can blast through the center of a defense or beat even its fastest players to the edge.
Henry showed off all facets of his game during Tuesday’s practice, bursting through the line of scrimmage on multiple carries and challenging a secondary ill-equipped to bring him down.