Derrick Henry is having a year to remember with the Baltimore Ravens.

The three-time All-Pro running back, 30, currently leads the league with 873 rushing yards.

Henry leads the NFL in rushing this seasonGetty

He has formed a formidable partnership with quarterback Lamar Jackson that could propel the Ravens to the Super Bowl after a start that saw the team go 0-2.

Baltimore have since found their feet and won five in a row, the latest being an epic 41-31 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

While it was Jackson who stole the show with an incredible five touchdowns, Henry still added 169 yards on the ground and 182 in total.

Despite no rushing touchdown he did grab a score via his sole reception, underlining his all around capabilities and proving just how valuable he is to the Ravens’ offense.

Henry’s impressive performances will be hard to swallow for the Dallas Cowboys fanbase in particular.

The Cowboys were rumoured to be interested in signing the running back earlier this year, he even suggested the team would have been the perfect fit because he lives in Dallas during the off-season.

But the move never materialised and Henry ended up in Baltimore.

Many Cowboys fans will see that as a missed opportunity – but owner Jerry Jones doesn’t believe that.

Speaking on Tuesday, Jones suggested Henry’s style of play wouldn’t have been a good fit for the Dallas’ offense and that his high salary demands would have made it difficult to manage the team’s cap.

“I don’t know if he’d be having a career year in our situation,” Jones said.

Jones has doubled down on his decision not to sign HenryGetty

Henry could have signed for the Cowboys instead of the Ravens over the summerGetty

“We don’t run that type of offense at all. Derrick Henry didn’t fit managing the cap.”

Jones’ comments, made on a local Dallas radio station, were quickly shared on social media and caught the attention of Shannon Sharpe and Stephen A. Smith, who were left far from impressed.

“You make no attempt to run the football because you know you don’t have guys that are capable of running the football,” Sharpe said of the Cowboys on ESPN’s First Take.

“The more you talk Jerry, the worse it’s going to get because everybody is seeing what Henry is doing.

“It’s really simple Jerry, it’s just letting me know that you know very little about the game of football.”

Smith went even further, suggesting the situation was “worse” than the conclusions drawn by Sharpe.

“He’s trying to justify the unjustifiable,” Smith said of Jones.

“To say what he said about Derrick Henry literally makes him look like he doesn’t know football.”

The Cowboys return after their bye week to face the San Francisco 49ers in Week 8, while the red hot Ravens take on AFC North rivals Cleveland Browns.

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