Derrick Henry Takes a Cheap Knee, Franklin-Myers Fined $12,537
The Ravens RB got kneed in the gut on an unseen play, and the NFL's response barely cracked five figures. Here's what it means for your RB1.
No injury, no missed time — he's a locked-in RB1 every week.
- Franklin-Myers fined $12,537 for the knee
- Henry is our RB8, #25 overall this season (2026)
- Henry: 374 rush yds, 7 TD in 4 games (2026)
- Wester fined $23,882 for a logo on his gloves
- No penalty flag, no ejection, no suspension
Here's a sentence the NFL's discipline office would probably rather you didn't read: Titans defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers was fined $12,537 for driving his knee into Derrick Henry's stomach, and that's nearly $11,000 less than a Ravens receiver paid for wearing the wrong logo on his gloves. The play came in the second quarter of Sunday's Ravens-Titans game, on the same snap Lamar Jackson hit Mark Andrews for a three-yard touchdown.
The broadcast missed it, but the all-22 film didn't. Henry had cut-blocked Franklin-Myers, and after the score — with Henry down on all fours and looking the other way — Franklin-Myers stepped back and rammed his knee into Henry's midsection. No flag, no ejection, no suspension. Just a fine that lands below what Deshaun Watson and Quinshon Judkins got for a touchdown celebration.
For context on how upside-down the math is: Ravens wideout LaJohntay Wester was fined $23,882 after Week 1 for an unauthorized logo on his official gloves. So the league's current scale says a pair of non-compliant gloves is roughly twice as dangerous as a knee to an unsuspecting opponent's gut. The fine schedule is negotiated between the NFL and the NFLPA, but the result here is hard to square with any sense of proportion.
The Fantasy Angle
The good news for fantasy managers is the only thing that actually matters on your end: Henry walked away from it. He's still carrying the Baltimore backfield and sits as our RB8 and #25 overall. Through four games this season (2026) he's piled up 374 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns, plus 44 receiving yards — 91 PPR points. The knee was dirty, but it wasn't a knee injury.
Watch the usage, not the fine. Henry is a touchdown machine on a Ravens offense that keeps feeding him near the goal line, and there's no indication this changes his workload. If anything, Baltimore's coaching staff is going to be extra motivated to keep him involved after seeing that film.
Bottom line: start Henry with total confidence. There's no injury designation, no snap-count concern, and no reason to overthink an RB who's found the end zone seven times in four weeks. The only people who should be worried about Franklin-Myers' knee are the people writing his checkbook — and even they got off cheap.
