Ravens' Henry baffled by third fumble in 3 games

BALTIMORE -- Running backmost Derrick Henry fto retired his vexation aft different costly fourth-quarter fumble by slamming his helmet into the seat connected the sideline.

By the clip Henry reached the locker room, helium appeared successful daze astatine however his 3rd fumble successful 3 games played a pivotal relation successful the Baltimore Ravens' 38-30 loss to the Detroit Lions connected Monday night.

"I'm astatine a nonaccomplishment for words," Henry said. "This sucks close now. I ain't going to prevarication to y'all."

With Baltimore trailing 28-24 midway done the 4th quarter, Henry got the shot punched from down by Lions antiaircraft extremity Aidan Hutchinson astatine his ain 16-yard enactment and the Lions converted the turnover into a tract goal. This marked Henry's 2nd fumble successful the 4th fourth this play -- some of which came successful the Ravens' losses this season.

These shot information problems are uncharacteristic for Henry. In his erstwhile 9 seasons, helium had mislaid 2 fourth-quarter fumbles successful 136 games.

Henry apologized to his teammates, coaches and fans.

"It's conscionable crazy," Henry said. "Three fumbles [in 3 games] straight. I'm trying each time to hole the occupation that conscionable keeps occurring. I'm my worst critic, truthful I'm not going to effort to bushed myself up excessively much. But it's hard not to erstwhile it's consecutive and accordant [instances] of maine doing the aforesaid thing."

Ravens manager John Harbaugh doesn't judge this volition proceed to beryllium an contented for Henry.

"That was benignant of a unsighted changeable there," Harbaugh said. "I thought helium had the shot successful bully position. Still, we conscionable privation to support the football; each our guys do, and we person to bash it. We person to beryllium bully astatine it."

Henry, 31, is 1 of the astir accomplished moving backs successful NFL history. He presently ranks 18th connected the league's all-time rushing database with 11,665 yards and is sixth with 109 rushing touchdowns.

But Henry was held to 50 yards rushing connected Monday nighttime aft being constricted to 24 yards rushing successful a triumph implicit the Cleveland Browns past week. The Ravens (1-2) present caput connected a abbreviated week to play astatine Kansas City, wherever Baltimore is 0-3 against Patrick Mahomes.

"Adversity is unsmooth close now," Henry said. "But arsenic agelong arsenic we enactment focused -- and everybody other volition enactment focused -- we'll effort to crook this happening around. I cognize we will."