The Baltimore Ravens hoped that RB Derrick Henry would add the necessary element they were missing. In order to take that next step, they thought, what they needed was a reliable running back. While they got that in Derrick Henry, they didn’t get one step further than they had been previously.
The Ravens reached the conference finals with a first-round bye in 2023. This past season, they only narrowly won their own division and exited in the Divisional Round. That wasn’t exactly Derrick Henry’s fault, as he ran well throughout the playoffs. He dominated the Steelers, and played strong but was underused against the Bills.