Henry is now the third-highest paid running back in the league, behind only the Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkley ($20M) and the San Francisco 49ers’ Christian McCaffery ($19M).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday saw Derrick Henry speak to the media for the first time since signing his two-year, $30 million contract extension<\/a> with the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>. The $15 million per season average is the highest ever for a running back aged 30 or more.\u00a0<\/p>\n Henry, 31, will be aged 33 when the contract concludes, and this fact naturally invites speculation on whether or not Henry will retire as a Raven. Is this the final deal of his career?<\/p>\n The question did come up at Henry’s presser, and the Ravens running back gave an answer that was non-definitive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n “I think it’s just focus on this year and then focus to continue to get better year after year that I’m here — that’s always going to be my focus,” Henry responded.<\/p>\n “I love football, I love playing. I know people look at my age, but I don’t really try to focus on that. I just focus on, ‘How can Derrick Henry be better, how can Derrick Henry help the Ravens get to where they want to get to?'”<\/p>\n “The King” is indeed running back royalty, as he’s now the third-highest paid, at this position in the league. The only two ranking ahead of him are Saquon Barkley ($20M) of the Philadelphia Eagles and Christian McCaffery ($19M) of the San Francisco 49ers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Only Barkley (2,005) rushed for more yards than Henry (1,783) this past season. The longtime former Tennessee Titan blatantly defies the shopworn cliche “wrong side of 30.”<\/p>\n