BALTIMORE — Working again Derrick Henry set free his frustration after one other pricey fourth-quarter fumble by violently slamming his helmet into the bench on the sideline.
By the point Henry reached the locker room, he appeared in shock at how his third fumble in three video games performed a pivotal function within the Baltimore Ravens ‘ 38-30 loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday evening.
“I am confused,” Henry stated. “This sucks proper now. I ain’t going to misinform y’all.”
With Baltimore trailing 28-24 halfway via the fourth quarter, Henry bought the ball punched from behind by Lions defensive finish Aiden Hutchinson at his personal 16-yard line and the Lions transformed the turnover right into a discipline objective. This marked Henry’s second fumble within the fourth quarter this season — each of which got here within the Ravens’ losses this season.
These ball safety issues are uncharacteristic for Henry. In his earlier 9 seasons, he had misplaced two fourth-quarter fumbles in 136 video games.
Henry apologized to his teammates, coaches and followers.
“It is simply loopy,” Henry stated. “Three fumbles [in three games] straight. I am attempting on daily basis to repair the issue that simply retains occurring. I am my worst critic, so I am not going to attempt to beat myself up an excessive amount of. Nevertheless it’s laborious to not when it is consecutive and constant [instances] of me doing the identical factor.”
Ravens coach John Harbaugh does not consider this can proceed to be a problem for Henry.
“That was form of a blind shot there,” Harbaugh stated. “I assumed he had the ball in good place. Nonetheless, we simply need to shield the soccer; all our guys do, and now we have to do it. Now we have to be good at it.”
Henry, 31, is likely one of the most completed working backs in NFL historical past. He at the moment ranks 18th on the league’s all-time speeding checklist with 11,665 yards and is sixth with 109 speeding touchdowns.
However Henry was held to 50 yards speeding on Monday evening after being restricted to 24 yards speeding in a win over the Cleveland Browns final week. The Ravens (1-2) now head on a brief week to play at Kansas Metropolis, the place Baltimore is 0-3 towards Patrick Mahomes.
“Adversity is tough proper now,” Henry stated. “However so long as we keep targeted — and all people else will keep targeted — we’ll attempt to flip this factor round. I do know we are going to.”