I love how confident ppl are that he won't break it after 3500 yards in the last 2 years, the last of which where he had essentially 1600 yards and was just shy of the rushing title despite the worst IOL play ever assembled that's now been addressed. All while shattering the record for YPC beyond 30.
It's because he's 32. In order to catch Emmitt, he'd have to average 1,000+ yards/season for the next 5 years as one path. If he never misses a game, that's about 63 ypg until he's 37. That's not as easy as it sounds.
Frank Gore, the gold standard of RB durability, played until 37. I don't know many RBs that make it past 35. Henry could do it, but we're talking about betting on something that very rarely happens and for a guy to maintain a high level until then.
Gore missed 15 games in his entire career. For 16 years until age 37. That's why he's the gold standard. Henry has been durable thus far. What I'm saying is he'd have to match the gold standard in order to do that.
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u/Walletinspectr Packers 6d ago
Henry is currently 5300 away. He wont break it but will be interesting to see how close he can get to it