Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh has lots to work on together with his protection struggling in opposition to the run and offensive weapon Derrick Henry committing one other fumble in the course of the loss to the Detroit Lions final night time.
The Ravens slumped to 1-2 on the season after the Lions left Baltimore with a 38-30 triumph, leaving Harbaugh scratching his head at why his extremely fancied workforce had been struggling to get something going.
The Lions ran for 224 yards – the third-most any workforce has had in opposition to the Ravens in the course of the Harbaugh period that began in 2008 – and missed 20 tackles in a sloppy show.
David Montgomery led the Lions’ cost with 151 dashing yards and two touchdowns.
“There’s no person in that locker room that thinks that’s adequate,” Harbaugh stated. “That’s disappointing. That’s dangerous run protection, and that’s not who we’re. It can’t be who we’re. It’s not going to be acceptable, and it must be higher.”
Cornerback Marlon Humphrey added: “I really feel like they type of did no matter they wished to do all night time. They simply merely executed higher than us and we by no means obtained them off schedule. … We’re simply not superb.”
Henry fumbles once more as Ravens grounded
It’s not simply Baltimore’s protection that’s struggling, their offense can be trying wanting its finest.
Henry, who ranks 18th on the league’s all-time dashing record with 11,665 yards and is sixth with 109 dashing touchdowns, has been sloppy up to now this season.
He suffered one other essential fumble in opposition to the Lions halfway via the fourth quarter and together with his workforce seeking to overturn a four-point deficit, having the ball punched from his grasp by Lions defensive finish Aidan Hutchinson at his personal 16-yard line. The Lions transformed the turnover right into a subject aim.
It was Henry’s third fumble in three video games after having had simply three within the entirety of final season.
The 31-year-old confirmed his frustration by slamming his helmet into the bench as he walked off earlier than apologizing to his team-mates after the sport.
“I’m confused,” Henry stated. “This sucks proper now. I ain’t going to deceive y’all.
“It’s simply loopy. Three fumbles [in three games] straight. I’m attempting every single day to repair the issue that simply retains occurring. I’m my worst critic, so I’m not going to attempt to beat myself up an excessive amount of. However it’s exhausting to not when it’s consecutive and constant [instances] of me doing the identical factor.”
Henry managed simply 50 dashing yards in opposition to the Lions having been restricted to 24 in final week’s win over the Cleveland Browns.
Harbaugh stated of the fumble: “That was type of a blind shot there.
“I assumed he had the ball in good place. Nonetheless, we simply wish to defend the soccer; all our guys do, and we have now to do it. We’ve to be good at it.”
It doesn’t get any simpler for the Ravens as they go to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs subsequent to face Patrick Mahomes.
“Adversity is tough proper now,” Henry stated. “However so long as we keep targeted – and all people will keep targeted – we’ll attempt to flip this factor round. I do know we’ll.”