Derrick Henry wasted no time giving Chiefs a taste of what's to come in Ravens debut

Thursday night, football finally returned. What a glorious sight it was to see the Baltimore Ravens take the field in an AFC Championship Game rematch against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Lamar Jackson, Roquan Smith and company took the field and all was right with the world again.

Along with Jackson and Smith, and the rest of those returning favorites, was of course first-year Raven and The King, himself, Derrick Henry.

Henry was a focal point of the offense, early on. On the first drive of the game, Jackson was able to lead the offense down the field with a couple of first-down pass completions and a pair of nice plays with his legs. But, Henry was also given a total of five carries on that initial possession, too.

After some modest gains on his first four carries, Henry took a handoff at the Chiefs 5-yard-line and barreled into the end zone for the league's first touchdown of the season.

Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson have the potential to be a lethal back field duo

The Ravens knew what they were getting when they signed Henry this past offseason. While some folks would argue that Henry is on the decline, we're still talking about a running back who has scored double-digit rushing touchdowns in six-straight seasons.

Add that to an offense featuring a quarterback who has ran for 29 touchdowns of his own since entering the league, and Baltimore is ready to present the Chiefs with a challenge unlike they've seen before.

Regardless of what happens during the regular season, especially early on, we can safely say these teams are only going to get better and morph further into well-oiled machines the later the year gets. If the two of them squared off once more, in the AFC Championship Game a few months from now, no one would be surprised.

Speaking of unsurprising results, it was also not a surprise to see Henry and Jackson running it early and often in this one. Jackson went viral this offseason for claiming he felt so good, in terms of his health and specifically his legs, that the Ravens would have beaten the Chiefs in last year's championship game if he had felt that good back then.

Whether or not people liked his comments, Jackson clearly feels good -- and he has every right to. The reigning MVP has one of the scariest, most physical and dominating running backs behind him now.

Let's see what these two do for an encore going forward.