Derrick Henry is bound for Baltimore, just as the two-time rushing champion expected this offseason.
However, Henry admits that it could’ve been an ideal situation for him to stay home — not in Tennessee, but rather in Dallas.
Henry resides in Dallas, but the Cowboys never came calling, which set him up to join the Ravens on a two-year deal worth up to $20 million.
“I knew once free agency started that I wanted to work something out [with the Ravens] if we could,” Henry said recently on The Pivot podcast. “Even though I’m living in Dallas and Dallas being a perfect situation, as well, because we lived there, we ain’t got to move. But at the same time, Ravens, the history of it, and then talking to Ray (Lewis) at the Pro Bowl, his passion about the organization, his impact there and how he talked about it. I was like, man, if I’m not in Tennessee or I don’t get to go to Dallas, I’d love to be a Raven.”
Henry’s now officially a Raven and happy with how things transpired. Nonetheless, it’s certainly interesting that the Cowboys never came calling, especially as they currently stand with the recently re-signed Rico Dowdle as their top back.
“They ain’t holla at me at all,” Henry answered when asked if the Cowboys were in the mix.
For Henry, it would’ve been a surreal situation to play with a star on his helmet. Ideal a location as it might well have been, Henry indicated nothing was ever in the works.
“It would’ve been crazy,” he said. “I thought it’d been some type of reach out, some type of talks or whatever. They never reached out, you know what I’m saying? I don’t really know too much about their organization. All I know is what I hear. I was talking to my agent. They weren’t really interested. It is what it is. Like I said earlier, I’m gonna be where I’m gonna be, and I feel like Baltimore was the perfect spot.”
