Browns safety Grant Delpit downplayed the difficulty of tackling Ravens running back Derrick Henry.
Henry responded to Delpit’s comments, saying ‘we’ll see on Sunday.’
Henry is coming off a 1,921-yard season and a strong performance in the 2025 season opener.
Giving Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry bulletin-board material is certainly a strategy.
One Cleveland Browns safety Grant Delpit is fine deploying ahead of the division foes’ Week 2 matchup in Baltimore on Sunday.
Delpit was asked Thursday how difficult it was to bring down the notoriously tough-to-tackle Henry, who was second-team All-Pro last year and finished fourth in Offensive Player of the Year voting following his first season with the Ravens.
‘Not hard,’ Delpit replied.
He continued: ‘We’re playing tackle football. Somebody got the ball you got to bring them down.’
Henry tied for the league lead in rushing touchdowns (16) in 2024 and went for 1,921 total yards, nearly eclipsing the 2,000-yard mark for the second time in his career (he had 2,027 yards in 2020 with the Tennessee Titans).
By the time the media swarmed his locker following Thursday’s practice, Henry had indeed heard about Delpit’s remarks.
‘I saw that … we’ll see on Sunday,’ Henry said.
The Browns’ official social media account also leaned into Delpit’s comments by posting a big hit the safety delivered on Henry during the first matchup between the teams last season, a 29-24 Browns upset victory.
Delpit hit Henry with the ‘too small’ celebration after that tackle, one of a team-high nine he made that day.
Henry punished the Bills for 169 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the 2025 season opener, a 41-40 defeat at the hands of the Buffalo Bills.