Derrick Henry Injury Update Boosts Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook Against Texans

Derrick Henry was held out of the Titans’ Week 16 game against the Saints as he was nursing an injury. With Tennessee needing a win in Week 17 against the Houston Texans to get into the playoffs, Henry is expected to be active in a positive matchup.

Here's the #Titans injury report and game status for Sunday vs #Texans. Deshaun Watson (back), DeAndre Hopkins (illness) and others are questionable. pic.twitter.com/7F9HLOAmy6
— TURRON DAVENPORT (@TDavenport_NFL) December 27, 2019

Henry continues to play terrific at the end of this season, which is a trend we've seen through his entire career. He has run for 1,300 of his 3,622 career yards in the month of December, also finding the end zone on the ground 15 times in December alone.

This season he's run for an average of 137 yards per game over this past five outings, finding the end zone seven times over this stretch.

Pro Bowl Royalty ?: Derrick Henry (@KingHenry_2) voted to first Pro Bowl. ? pic.twitter.com/nMqIyec8vp
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) December 18, 2019

He faces a positive matchup against the Texans, who have surrendered the fifth-most PPR fantasy points to running backs over the past five weeks. Henry comes in as RB9 in our Week 17 PPR fantasy football rankings.

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