\u201cI think I just focus on this year and keep getting better year after year while I\u2019m here; that\u2019ll always be my focus,\u201d Henry said. \u201cI love football, I love playing. I know people look at my age, but I really don\u2019t try to focus on that. I just focus on, \u2018How can Derrick Henry be better, how can Derrick Henry help the Ravens get to where they want to get?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Henry, 31, has shown no signs of slowing down. Last season, his first with the Ravens, he rushed for 1,921 yards, the most for a running back 30 or older in NFL history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the Ravens’ 27-25 divisional-round loss in the AFC in Buffalo, Henry only took a week off before returning to training. On Monday, his flight to Baltimore was delayed due to weather and he ended up signing his contract with only 30 minutes of sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI got home around 4:45 in the morning and wanted to get [to the Ravens’ facilities] at 6 [a.m.],\u201d Henry said. \u201cSo I thought, \u2018I\u2019m just going to stay up and just come here and work out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Henry’s two-year extension is worth $30 million. This agreement prevented Henry from becoming a free agent at the end of this season and rewarded him with the largest contract ever awarded to a running back over 30 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Henry clarified that his intention was never to obtain an agreement that would establish a new standard for older runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c[It’s about] both of us reaching an agreement that makes sense for both parties and that we are both happy with it,” Henry said. “I am very happy that we have finally been able to finalize it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Derrick Henry Focuses on Performance After Extension with the Ravens OWINGS MILLS, Md. \u2013 After signing a two-year extension with the Baltimore Ravens on Monday, running back Derrick Henry expressed that he will demonstrate the value of this new agreement through his performance on the field. Henry, however, avoided speculating on whether this extension will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[65,2162,289,551],"class_list":{"0":"post-6973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-derrick-henry","10":"tag-extension","11":"tag-ravens"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0519%2Fr1495361_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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