Derrick Henry apologetic after expensive fumble in Ravens loss

BALTIMORE — Running again Derrick Henry let loose his frustration after one other expensive fourth-quarter fumble by slamming his helmet into the bench on the sideline.

By the time 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 night time.

“I’m at a loss for words,” Henry mentioned. “This sucks right now. I ain’t going to lie to y’all.”

With Baltimore trailing 28-24 halfway by the fourth quarter, Henry bought the ball punched from behind by Lions defensive finish Aidan Hutchinson at his personal 16-yard line and the Lions transformed the turnover right into a area 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’s just crazy,” Henry mentioned. “Three fumbles [in three games] straight. I’m trying every day to fix the problem that just keeps occurring. I’m my worst critic, so I’m not going to try to beat myself up too much. But it’s hard not to when it’s consecutive and consistent [instances] of me doing the same thing.”

Ravens coach John Harbaugh would not imagine this may proceed to be a problem for Henry.

“That was kind of a blind shot there,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I thought he had the ball in good position. Still, we just want to protect the football; all our guys do, and we have to do it. We have to be good at it.”

Henry, 31, is likely one of the most completed operating backs in NFL historical past. He at the moment ranks 18th on the league’s all-time dashing listing with 11,665 yards and is sixth with 109 dashing touchdowns.

But Henry was held to 50 yards dashing on Monday night time after being restricted to 24 yards dashing in a win over the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 14. The Ravens (1-2) now head on a brief week to play at Kansas City, the place Baltimore is 0-3 in opposition to Patrick Mahomes.

“Adversity is rough right now,” Henry mentioned. “But as long as we stay focused — and everybody else will stay focused — we’ll try to turn this thing around. I know we will.”