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There were long stretches of the Baltimore Ravens' Thanksgiving loss to the Cincinnati Bengals were it felt like Derrick Henry was hardly on the field.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe numbers back that up.
The official snap count totals have come out from Thursday night's game, and the Ravens break down like this at RB:
Rasheen Ali 29 (48%)
Derrick Henry 24 (40%)
Keaton Mitchell 8 (13%)
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Henry ended the game with 10 rushes for 60 yards and a touchdown, along with a 44-yard catch and run.
Statistically, that still ended up being a solid game, but the touches for Henry were down.
Ali had four runs for 17 yards.
Mitchell had two runs for 19 yards and a touchdown, along with two catches for 12 yards.
The snap count data can be a tad misleading based on game state. The Ravens have never really used Henry as a passing-down or a two-minute RB. Ali got those snaps this week. And with Baltimore trailing to the Bengals basically the whole night, there were a lot more situations that called for Ali.
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It's still a bit of a bummer, though. The Ravens entered the night on a five game winning streak, but when push came to shove, they barely called upon Henry to help them out.
He hardly saw the field in the second quarter, which was especially odd. The game wasn't close to a blowout at that point. There was still plenty of time to establish the run.
In the end, though, Henry spent more time on the sideline than you'd expect, and the Ravens had their win streak snapped.
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