If you get bored enough and begin watching television, you'll notice that so many plots and storylines are recycled. How many times have you seen a movie or cartoon and seen one of the characters get sucked into a video game? It's a cute idea, but a bit overplayed. But, think about something for a second. What if the Baltimore Ravens' season has a reset button?

What if, when a player got hurt, he had 'extra lives' and popped back on the screen? Suppose we could create a player? What if that player was an edge rusher with a 99 Madden rating?

Recently, we've all probably fantasized about the season reset. Fortunately, with no new challenges on the horizon, as we navigate a bye week, a healthier 'flock' will emerge to tackle the remainder of the season.

Lamer Jackson is improving physically and will be back, as will Roquan Smith. They'll add to a roster that already includes Derrick Henry. And, speaking of Derrick Henry...

Some stars are so great that we expect more of them than we would of anyone else. There's not really anything wrong with that until the demands become unreasonable.

We mentioned video games earlier. Some of us have gotten so spoiled by averaging 200 rushing yards per game on the All-Madden level that we suspect something is wrong with real NFL stars who can't do that.

Derrick Henry has been criticized often this season. Is he the same player he was five seasons ago? The answer to that question is 'no'.

Has he been as bad as people have described him? The answer to that question is also 'no', and here are five of about ten or so reasons why that is the case.

Again, sometimes, we look at our superheroes. If they aren't consistently delivering superhuman performances, we sometimes wonder if something is amiss or if they are regressing.

Derrick Henry is averaging five yards per carry. Sure, that doesn't equal the almost otherworldly 5.9 yards per carry he averaged last season, but he's better than last year's Offensive Player of the Year, Saquon Barkley (3.4), in that category. It's also better than J.K. Dobbins (4.9), Ashton Jeanty (4.0), Kyren Williams (4.4), Breece Hall (4.7), and Jahmyr Gibbs (4.5).

Oh, and by the way, the league's leading rusher, Jonathan Taylor, averages 5.2 yards per carry. Meanwhile, did anyone notice that Henry has a few things working against him?

Last season, behind a dominant offensive line performance, Saquon Barkley eclipsed 2,000 yards rushing. This season, the Philadelphia Eagles' line hasn't been as great, and Barkley has struggled.

Can everyone see how that works?

Henry hasn't played behind dominant O-line play since he arrived in Baltimore, yet he ran for nearly 2,000 yards for the second time in his career last season. He has stacked 439 yards in six games this season, and he has done so even though there is more than what's previously mentioned working against him.

Lamar Jackson left the Ravens' Week 4 contest early and sat out the past two games. No one needs to be reminded that he represents a considerable portion of Baltimore's rushing attack. Without him, the defense can focus its entire attention on Henry, leaving his average O-line as his only assistance.

With Jackson's return, the Ravens can employ the run-pass option, giving opposing defenses and their coordinators something else to think about. There's also another option if Todd Monken and company choose to use it, something that could make the Ravens' offense even more unpredictable.

We have seen Derrick Henry throw TD passes. We have seen Derrick Henry catch TD passes. How about using this guy more in the passing game?

This season, he has been targeted eight times and has caught five passes. Forty-four yards have been the result. One of those receptions moved the chains for a first down.

We'd like to see more of Henry in he passing game because trust us on this. Guys on the perimeter won't want to tackle this guy once the games stretch into the fourth quarter,

Much has been made of Derrick Henry's lost fumbles, and rightfully so. Both contributed to the Ravens' losses in a collapsing fashion.

Sometimes fumbles are like interceptions. They come in bunches, but let's not diminish Henry's greatness because he lost a few, because we know that isn't representative of his talent or who we know Henry to be. Place a period at the end of that sentence.