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Derrick Henry calls out RGIII for misspelling name in Lamar Jackson MVP take

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•01/04/25
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Former Alabama RB Derrick Henry (Mitch Stringer / USA TODAY Sports)

Derrick Henry is near the end of another spectacular season this year for the Ravens, as he’s been one of the greatest running backs the NFL has ever seen. And of course, he’s a frequent mention in discussions on Twitter. But Robert Griffin III found out the hard way about having no spell check on Twitter. He was giving an opinion about Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson, when he spelled his name, “Stop using Derek Henry to discredit Lamar Jackson.”

That’s the wrong spelling and it didn’t take long for the former Heisman Trophy winning tailback to chime in on Twitter. “First of all bruh, spell my name right lol (Derrick Henry) & WE SCREAMING MV3 OVER THIS WAY!”

Later on in the night, RG3 made sure that fans knew he knew the correct spelling after being corrected.

Saturday’s performance capped a huge first season in Baltimore for Derrick Henry. With his 138 yards in the victory, he totaled 1,921 on the year – just 79 yards short of his second career 2,000-yard season. His 16 touchdowns are also one away from his career-high, which came in 2020 when he reached the 2,000-yard plateau with the Tennessee Titans.

The Ravens clinched the division with their Week 17 win and will now be the No. 3 seed in the AFC come playoff time. They will play either the Pittsburgh Steelers or Los Angeles Chargers, meaning their attention will be on Saturday’s nightcap between the Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals.

Lamar Jackson also offered a strong performance against the Browns as he tries to make his case for NFL MVP. He completed 16 of 32 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns in the air while adding 63 rushing yards on the ground. He officially reached the 4,000-yard mark, which made him the first quarterback to ever throw for that many yards in addition to 900 rushing yards in a season.

Jackson and Henry’s impressive nights came as John Harbaugh chose to play his starters. That was a change from 2019 when Baltimore was in a similar position for the final game of the season – already having the division sewn up – but struggled in the first round of the playoffs. While he noted it’s a different group now, the decisions would be what’s best for the franchise.

“It’s a different team, different circumstances, different everything except for the record was about the same and the bye,” Harbaugh said, via ESPN. “I remember the experience and the choices we made [in 2019], but the decisions we made, we made for certain reasons. We thought they were the right decisions.

“What impacted how in terms of us not playing our best football that day, it’s really hard to say what the cause and effect was. We didn’t go out there and we didn’t do it. And that’s the thing that I kind of take from it the most.”

On3’s Nick Schultz also contributed to this article.