2026 Ravens fantasy preview: Biggest bargain, bust, and wild card
If the season started today, one Ravens player would be their biggest fantasy bargain, another a likely bust, and a third a likely wild card. To anticipate the highest-probability bargain, we first need to assess Baltimore’s biggest potential bust. On the one hand, betting against Derrick Henry seems foolish.
He’s an all-time great who proved last year that he’s still in prime form. 1,595 rushing yards on 5. 2 yards per carry is no joke.
It’s quite possible that no 3 NFL RB has been more efficient after reaching age 30. I’ve publicly bet against Henry only once in fantasy; that was in 2021, when his massive 2020 workload suggested he was a major injury and/or regression risk. Those red sirens are once again blaring, though for different reasons.
He’ll turn 33 years old before the end of this coming season, and he’s coming off a year when he had a career-worst broken-tackle rate (one per 23. 6 carries, versus a career one-per-10. 8 carries).
He also had his fewest targets per game since 2018. Henry is past the point of surprising fantasy managers. Yet his strong 2025 numbers suggest bullishness entering 2026.