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Rushing touchdown
Derrick Henry

Derrick Henry

RB Baltimore Ravens · Wk 3 @ DAL DAL

Chance of 1+ rushing TD
69%
Rank
#1
of 89

Why Henry ranks #1

  • Derrick Henry has reached 1+ rushing TD in 2 of 2 games this season.
  • Henry has 4 rushing TDs in 2 games (2.00 per game) on 20.0 carries per game. With a small sample, that is blended with what a typical RB at this workload produces (0.57 per game), giving 1.14 per game.
  • The Cowboys have allowed 0.50 rushing TDs per game to RBs over 2 games, versus a league average of 0.63 (-21%). Only 33% of that gap is applied because the sample is small, a x0.93 adjustment.
  • Game environment (rushing TDs x1.11): Vegas total 52.5, implied 27.8 points for BAL (league avg 22.5); Favored by 3: leaning run-heavy late; Indoors: no weather effect, a small boost for passing and kicking.
  • Expected rushing TDs this week: 1.18. That makes the chance of 1+ rushing TD 69%.
  • Small sample: only 2 games so far, so treat this as directional.
How the math works

Rate: (actual total + 3 games of the typical rate) divided by (games played + 3). This keeps one or two games from swinging the estimate.

Matchup: the opponent's allowed rate to RBs divided by the league average, with only n/(n+4) of the gap applied and limited to x0.7 to x1.4.

Chance: expected 1.18, converted with a Poisson count model to the chance of 1+.

It does not know about injuries, snap counts, game script or weather.

Derrick Henry's games

WkOppCarRuYdRuTD
1IND241443
2NO16681
Average20.0106.02.0

What the Cowboys allow to RBs

WkOffenseRuTD
1NYGNYG1
2WASWAS0
Cowboys avg / game0.50
League avg0.63

Totals are for every RB the Cowboys faced in each game, not just one player.