Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh didn’t sugarcoat Derrick Henry’s fumbling issues.
After the star running back fumbled the ball for the third time this season, Harbaugh said the problem has to be “fixed.”
“We’ve got to get it fixed,” Harbaugh told reporters. “…We just want to protect the football. All the guys do. We’ve gotta do it and we’ve gotta be good at it.”
Henry lost a key fumble in the fourth quarter and was extremely upset on the bench afterwards:
The Ravens trailed by just four points halfway through the fourth quarter and forced a Lions punt to get the ball back. Baltimore was hoping to put together a scoring drive, but Henry had the ball punched out by Aidan Hutchinson. Detroit recovered and capitalized on the other end with a field goal.
The Lions went on to win 38-30 as Baltimore fell to 1-2 on the year.
In Henry’s defense, his fumble on Monday might be more of a result of an outstanding play by Hutchinson than a lapse in judgment on his part, but it’s still clearly a problem that needs solving.
“I apologized to my teammates, my coaches, I apologize to Flock Nation,” Henry told reporters. “Just gotta keep working.”
The fumble in the fourth quarter of Monday’s loss was his second fumble in the clutch this season. In the Ravens’ season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills, Henry lost the ball with just over three minutes to play, and the Bills cut it down to a two-point lead before winning on a field goal.
It’s an uncharacteristic problem for Henry, as he had just three fumbles last year and none in 2023. It’s unclear what he can do to solve the issue, but it’s clear its weighing heavily on him.
“I’m gonna try to not beat myself up too much but it’s hard not to,” Henry told reporters.
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