Jerry Jones: ‘Derrick Henry didn’t fit’ with Dallas Cowboys due to salary cap, system issues
Baltimore Ravens (5-2) running back Derrick Henry is the NFL‘s leading rusher now seven weeks into the 2024 season.
Henry, a free agent this past offseason, admitted he wanted to play for the Dallas Cowboys (3-3), however, signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Ravens instead. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed during a Tuesday appearance on 105.3 The Fan that Henry would not have fit under the team’s salary cap. Though the 30-year-old appears better than ever in Baltimore, Jones is not convinced he would be having the same success in Dallas.
“I don’t know if he’d be having a career year in our situation,” Jones said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “… We don’t run that type of offense at all. … Derrick Henry didn’t fit [because of] managing the [salary] cap.”
Since the day Henry inked on the dotted line with the Ravens, Jones has fielded questions about his decision not to sign the future Pro Football of Famer in free agency. That decision looks more and more questionable by the game, as Dallas has the worst rushing attack in football, averaging 77.2 yards per game.
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