Derrick Henry joined the Ravens on a two year and made an already dangerous offense nearly impossible to stop. Henry battled Saquon Barkley for the rushing title, and he's been rewarded as a finalist for the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year award.

Even the NFL’s Next Gen Stats picks an All-Pro team based its analytics and metrics from the season. Barkley earned the 2024 running-back honor from Next Gen Stats, which cited his 1,245 second-half rushing yards, 46 runs of 10 or more yards and league-high 11 runs reaching at least 20 mph.

It wasn't that long ago when it was blasphemous in NFL circles to talk about giving a running back a sizable second contract. Long-term contract

In particular, the 31-year-old Henry has been almost unstoppable in his maiden stint in Baltimore. ESPN's Seth Walder ranked Henry as the top running back in the NFL based on his list of the top 100 MVP candidates this season. He placed Henry at No. 21.

While you can debate the "value" of running backs all day long, the NFL tells us exactly how they view the position based on the contracts they hand out. As of now, the league's highest-paid running back,

Two of those are Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley, who have been the best running backs in their conferences this year. They turned in solid performances in the wild-card round last week ...

The "NFL GameDay Morning" discuss who is more important to their team between Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley or Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry.

Saquon Barkley, PHI vs. LAR 1/19 (26 att., 2 TD)

With all due respect to Derrick Henry, the Philadelphia Eagles' Saquon Barkley is clearly the NFL's best running back. But as Barkley blazes trails for fellow star runners everywhere, he's

Saquon Barkley didn't get an opportunity to break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record, but he's inching closer to a different historical mark.