Is Grant Delpit tempting fate?
The Browns safety certainly sounded like he was when he responded to a question on Thursday about how hard it was to tackle Ravens running back Derrick Henry.
“Not hard,” Delpit responded days before Cleveland travels to Baltimore for a Week 2 showdown. “We’re playing football, man. It’s tackle football.
“Somebody got the ball, you gotta bring him down.”
The comment didn’t appear to worry the 252-pound Henry too much when he was asked to respond to the comment after Ravens practice. 3
The five-time Pro Bowler sent a simple yet firm message after he heard Delpit’s comments.
“I saw that. … We’ll see on Sunday,” he told reporters.
Henry, 31, was one of the best players for the Ravens on Sunday in Baltimore’s loss to the Bills on “Sunday Night Fo