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Ravens RB Derrick Henry earns $500K on 2-yard run vs. Browns

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Ravens RB Derrick Henry
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In the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens RB Derrick Henry scored his 15th rushing touchdown of the season. In the process, he cashed a $500,000 bonus in his contract.

Henry reached the end zone for the first time Saturday with 6:45 to play, taking a 2-yard carry for a touchdown to make it a 28-10 Ravens lead over the Browns. That not only gave him a score on his birthday, but meant he hit the bonus and will receive another $500,000.

Shortly thereafter, Henry took another one 43 yards for his second touchdown of the day. That extended Baltimore’s lead to 35-10, which held as the final.

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.”