Winning football games is a lot easier when you have a player like Derrick Henry on your side. Henry once again made a case for being the best running back in the league on Monday night, scoring three touchdowns and carrying the Tennessee Titans to a 34-31 upset win over the Buffalo Bills.
The Titans trailed the game multiple times, but Henry found a way to flip the score in their favor each time. His first TD came in the second quarter and it was a thing of beauty. The Pro Bowler broke free on 1st&10 and carried the ball for 76 yards to make it 7-6 for Tennessee after the Bills scored two field goals.
Tennessee found themselves down again in the third quarter so Henry went to work and got his team on top with another TD run.
Henry’s third touchdown came late in the fourth when he sliced through the Bills’ defense on a 13-yard run. The score put Tennessee back on top with a 34-31 lead.
The Bills got the ball back with less than three minutes remaining and marched 79 yards down the field to find themselves staring at 4th&1 on the Titans’ three-yard line. The field goal would tie the game, but Buffalo decided to go for it. Quarterback Josh Allen attempted a QB sneak which ended up going nowhere as Tennessee’s defense stuffed him on the line of scrimmage and made the game-winning stop.
Derrick Henry finished the contest with 143 rushing yards on 20 carries while also adding two catches for 13 yards on top of his three touchdowns. This was Henry’s third time in the last five weeks to have three TDs in a single game.
The Titans are now comfortably first in AFC South with a 4-2 record and two more wins than the Indianapolis Colts on the second. The Bills, on the other hand, have the record on top of AFC East.
