Ravens not expected to trade running back Derrick Henry before deadline
Archived — this story has rotated out of today’s deck. It is kept here in full.
The gist
The Baltimore Ravens are not expected to trade running back Derrick Henry before Tuesday's NFL deadline, per ESPN sources.
The 4-5 Ravens are keeping their veteran star rather than selling amid a three-game skid.
Background
Derrick Henry is a Baltimore Ravens running back, a five-time Pro Bowler and 11-year veteran with 13,707 career rushing yards. Trade speculation had built in recent weeks after Baltimore lost its top two quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley, to injuries — Huntley for the season, with the team hoping Jackson returns later this year. Suggestions had circulated that Henry's former head coaches, John Harbaugh (now New York Giants head coach) and Mike Vrabel (New England), could be interested.
How it unfolded
- Nov 4, 2026Henry is expected to play against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night; the injury and matchup report does not mention an injury that would keep him out.
- Nov 5, 2026After the Ravens' 33-10 Thursday loss to Jacksonville, Henry says he has not discussed a trade with Ravens management, and he moves into seventh on the NFL's career rushing list, passing Jerome Bettis and LaDainian Tomlinson.
- Nov 7, 2026League sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter the Ravens are not expected to trade Henry before Tuesday's deadline and recently told him they had no intention of dealing him; Schefter reports Baltimore never considered it, and the one Ravens running back the Giants inquired about was Justice Hill.
- Nov 7, 2026Baltimore, now 4-5 after its third straight defeat by at least 20 points — a first in franchise history per ESPN — completes a deal for quarterback Jacoby Brissett from the Arizona Cardinals.
Key terms
- Pro Bowler
- The annual all-star game of the National Football League featuring the league's star players.
- rushing yards
- The total distance a player has gained by running with the football in NFL games.
Source: Wikipedia
Who’s saying what
- Official
- Henry says he has not mentioned going anywhere and wants to "go back to work" and "turn this thing around," adding the Ravens need to "be better."
- Analysts
- ESPN's Adam Schefter, citing league sources, reports the Ravens told Henry they have no intention of trading him and never considered dealing him before the deadline.
- Caution
- Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio questioned whether teams could pursue Henry, writing "now could be the time for the Ravens to turn the remainder of his contract into a draft pick or two" and that the Giants would make sense.
Still unverified
Schefter's account rests on league sources rather than a formal team announcement or a guarantee about a future transaction; there is no direct evidence that either John Harbaugh or Mike Vrabel inquired about Henry.