With more than 11,000 rushing yards, Ravens running back Derrick Henry has surely heard his runs are “like a movie.”

But before Saturday he never would have thought that movie was Pixar’s “Cars.”

After Henry rolled up a franchise playoff-record 186 yards on the Pittsburgh Steelers, quarterback Lamar Jackson was effusive about his performance, touching on a cinematic metaphor.

“You know when Lightning McQueen is just flying and flashing past, and it’s like [whooshing sound]?’” Jackson said. “That’s how Derrick looked when he was running past all those guys. It looked like a movie.”

Word got back to Henry in the Ravens’ locker room, and the running back later shared a screenshot from “Cars” on social media. This week, preparing for Sunday’s divisional-round game against the Buffalo Bills, Henry quipped that he’s all in on his new nickname.

“I don’t want to be called anything else but McQueen. So don’t call me Derrick; just call me McQueen,” he said Thursday. “It was funny. I didn’t think that was the comparison, but ‘L’ [Lamar] is ‘L.’ I told him he needs to be a comedian when he’s done playing.”

Henry’s game against the Steelers marked his second-highest rushing total in the playoffs; he went for 195 yards in the Tennessee Titans’ 2019 upset of the top-seeded Ravens. Henry ran wild against the Bills in Week 4 for a season-high 199 yards, including an 87-yard touchdown that was his longest of the season.

But Henry downplayed that Week 4 game, a 35-10 Ravens win, pointing to changes on both teams since late September. With subfreezing temperatures expected in Orchard Park, New York, one difference between Henry and a race car is that he doesn’t need perfect conditions to perform.

“I don’t care if it’s cold, hot, raining or snowing,” Henry said. “I’m just gonna do my job.”

Special delivery

On Thursday, the NFL’s most awaited delivery finally made its way to Roger Rosengarten.

After the Ravens’ Week 18 win over the Browns, a clip of the rookie right tackle asking Cleveland All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett for his jersey aired on HBO’s “Hard Knocks: In Season With the AFC North” and immediately went viral. Over 10 million people have viewed the 21-second clip on the NFL’s Twitter account as of Thursday afternoon.

“I know I’m a nobody,” Rosengarten told Garrett, “but if I could get that jersey after ...?”

“Hey, you’re in the league,” Garrett said, wrapping an arm around Rosengarten’s shoulder. “Y’all winning games. Y’all looking great. You ain’t never a nobody. I got you.”

Four days after the game, Rosengarten said he didn’t have Garrett’s jersey yet but acknowledged that the delivery could take time. By Thursday, it was safely stowed away in a compartment in his locker.

“It was good,” Rosengarten said. “I know my guy Lamar probably helped me out a little bit.”

On Sunday night, Rosengarten will come face to face with another pass rush icon. His first start of the season came in the Ravens’ Week 4 win over the Buffalo Bills and defensive end Von Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection.

Miller played a season-low nine snaps in the game, but Rosengarten was already familiar with his credentials. Growing up outside Denver, Rosengarten had a poster of Miller on his wall. Rosengarten was 13 when the Broncos won Super Bowl 50 and Miller was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.

“I think, going against him the first time in our first matchup, that was another pretty surreal moment for me,” Rosengarten said.

Extra points

• Offensive coordinator Todd Monken is set to interview with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday and the Chicago Bears on Friday for their head coaching vacancies, according to ESPN. But he said Thursday that “any of the work that I needed to do for any interviews that were going to come up during the season, I did in the offseason.” He added: “All my focus this week is on the Bills. I love the job I have. I mean, I really do. I’ve got a great job here. So everything, the way the system is set up, is unfortunate, but it is what it is. But I’m excited to play the Bills. That’s where my mind’s at.”
• Early in Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff run, Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton was confident his alma mater had championship potential. Now the Fighting Irish are just a win away from their first national title since 1988. They just so happen to be playing Ohio State, which linebacker Malik Harrison proudly represents, and in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, about 15 miles from where Hamilton attended high school. “I’ve been talking to Malik Harrison, a couple other Ohio State guys in the locker room,” he said Wednesday. “We have to get it done.”