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Derrick Henry, man. F’in Derrick Henry, man!
I’m not going to beat around the bush here, guys, because I’m honestly just too pissed off at the moment, so I’ll just give it to you straight. My fantasy football team has been nailed by injuries and/or dumb decisions by players over the past few weeks. Cooper Kupp gets hurt. Kareem Hunt gets released. Derrick Henry forgets that he was once a Heisman Trophy winner. Such is the life of fantasy football, right?
Well, with all the lack of options I’ve had in the past few weeks, you want to know the one guy who I stuck by and decided I didn’t want to give up on? Derrick Henry. And you know who has two touchdowns and 129 yards before halftime? Derrick Henry. Oh, but want to know who’s on my fantasy football team’s bench? Yep, Derrick Henry.
https://twitter.com/itsnickdimengo/status/1070863768194695169
After scoring in the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars, I thought to myself, OK, I can live with that. But then, out of nowhere, Henry busted a 99-yard touchdown run on the Jags in the middle of the second quarter, tying himself with Tony Dorsett for the longest run in NFL history, and putting him at a mark in fantasy that he’s probably never seen in his NFL life. Given the surprise day, social media had reactions. Oh, did they ever.
Take a look at some of the things people had to say about Derrick Henry after that long TD scamper.
Derrick Henry's 99-yard touchdown run was worth 15.9 fantasy points. On that one play, he scored more points than he did in all but one of his previous 12 ENTIRE games this season.
— Tristan H. Cockcroft (@SultanofStat) December 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/FantasyAdvice99/status/1070863318162833408
TFW you benched Derrick Henry for the playoffs pic.twitter.com/z9thnVFnWO
— Fantasy Football Today (@FFToday) December 7, 2018
Derrick Henry started himself in fantasy this week. pic.twitter.com/dCeP0QDpmj
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 7, 2018
“It’s about time Derrick Henry did something this season,” a guy with the 4-8 fantasy team said just now.
— Safid Deen 💯💯💯💯 (@Safid_Deen) December 7, 2018
When you're the only one that didnt quit on Derrick Henry in fantasy football pic.twitter.com/n9ImdbAmtx
— Mostly Football (@MostlyFBShow) December 7, 2018
It's the first week of the fantasy playoffs and like every other Derrick Henry owner out there, he is on my bench and this is totally fine. pic.twitter.com/inyREoiYhP
— alexSSN (@alexSSN) December 7, 2018
Derrick Henry chilling on my bench on Fantasy Football playoffs. pic.twitter.com/PbVOmTiUxj
— ㅤ (@subZZro) December 7, 2018
TFW you realize Derrick Henry is on the other team in your fantasy matchup this week — but then notice he's on the bench. #JAXvsTEN pic.twitter.com/n0LvwqYdVN
— Adrian Garro (@adriangarro) December 7, 2018
Everyone who drafted Derrick Henry in fantasy watching this game after finally giving up on him pic.twitter.com/f6xIkw3pUn
— Troy Rose (@troysongz7) December 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/tengland150/status/1070867633585709056
So I randomly picked up Derrick Henry and played him this week in fantasy.
Points. pic.twitter.com/3WJa1PU9Fq
— Dustin (@Juicebox5889) December 7, 2018
Derrick Henry going #beastmode unfortunately there isn’t a single Derrick Henry owner in the fantasy playoffs…
— DTMR (@DaveTheManReed) December 7, 2018
Literally everyone is scrambling to see if they face derrick henry in fantasy in week 1 of the playoffs
— Eric Lilly (@EricLiIIy) December 7, 2018
TFW you remember that Derrick Henry is in your fantasy football playoff lineup. pic.twitter.com/MHmThjlFYq
— Crawford Crusher Dusty (@CrawfordCrusher) December 7, 2018
After starting Derrick Henry for the past few weeks just hoping he would give me some confidence to start him in the first-round of the fantasy football playoffs, he let me down. And now he’s comfortably sitting on my bench with his career night just saying to himself, “I told you I’d show up, son.” FML, I hate fantasy football so much.