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Henry running wild. Tennessee tailback/ wrecking crew Derrick Henry is running away with the NFL rushing lead … literally. The Yulee Bulldozer — the nickname I’ll take credit for giving him when he was a high school player in the Jacksonville, Fla., area — enters Week 7 with 783 rushing yards, a whopping 260 more than the next-closest player (Cleveland’s Nick Chubb). Henry’s 10 rushing touchdowns are double any other player. He can’t keep up this pace, right? His current projections are for 459 carries for 2,218 yards, which would both be single-season records albeit in a 17-game season. The current record holders are Eric Dickerson (2,105 yards for the Rams in 1984) and Larry Johnson (416 carries for Kansas City in 2006). Perryman trade working out. Those watching last week’s Broncos game against Las Vegas probably noticed No. 52 in a white jersey/silver britches all over the field. It was middle linebacker Denzel Perryman and he has proved to be one of the best preseason acquisitions in the league. Perryman signed a two-year, $6 million contract with Carolina, which flipped him with a seventh-round pick to the Raiders for a sixth-round pick on Aug. 26. Perryman previously played for Las Vegas defensive coordinator Gus Bradley with the Chargers and replaced Nicholas Morrow, who sustained an August foot injury. Perryman is tied with Seattle’s Bobby Wagner for the NFL tackle lead (72) and has at least 10 tackles in every game.

AFC cross-off teams. The AFC has only one team with five wins (Baltimore) compared with five for the NFC (Arizona has six to lead the way). Cross-off-from-playoff-contention teams already are the Jets (1-4), Miami (1-5), Houston (1-5) and Jacksonville (1-5). A 9-8 record could secure the seventh and final playoff spot.