Browns Draft Pick Already Called Out Ravens RB Derrick Henry

Many believe the Cleveland Browns hit a home run when they drafted safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in Round 2 of the 2026 NFL draft.

McNeil-Warren is a highly-rated safety out of Toledo who some scouts had going in the first round.

Cleveland snatched him up with the 58th overall pick in the draft - 19 selections after the Browns picked wide receiver Denzel Boston with the seventh pick of the second round. Both picks earned the Browns praise for stealing two first-round talents.

Now that he'll be playing in Cleveland, some pre-draft remarks McNeil-Warren made during an appearance on "Up & Adams" are going viral on social media because he essentially called out Derrick Henry, star running back of the Baltimore Ravens, who are a Browns division rival.

"I heard you're looking forward to hitting a friend of mine named Derrick Henry," host Kay Adams stated. "What…are you crazy?"

"[I'm] a little bit crazy," McNeil-Warren said. "I feel like, he's a bigger dude, so you can't be scared to come at him. You got to bring that power. Just how he runs, run with power."

"Most safeties think about smacking a wide receiver over the middle, getting a quarterback off a blitz - you want that smoke from [Henry]? You want a 6-2, 252-pound Hall of Famer barreling down on you?"

"I just love a challenge," McNeil-Warren replied. "That's how I could be better - going against somebody big."

Neither the Ravens nor Browns need any bulletin-board material for their two divisional games each year, but McNeil-Warren provided it.

The rookie safety may just get what he's asking for. Henry has a track record of making safeties look foolish; just as Earl Thomas.

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This story was originally published April 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM.