There will be a new starting running back for New England in Week 5.
' Scott Zolak on Friday that Stevenson will head to the bench due to his lack of ball security over New England's first four games., on Patriots All-Access regarding his plans at RB on Sunday: “Had a conversation with Rhamondre and he won’t be starting … I’ll be upfront and transparent. But he will play. And he understands he has to protect the football going forward…”Mayo did say that Stevenson will play against Miami.
Stevenson has fumbled the ball once in all four games so far this season, losing two of them. He coughed it up in the third quarter of the Patriots' 24–3 loss to thein Week 3, and was stripped of the ball in the first quarter of New England's 30–13 loss to the Stevenson has rushed 65 times for 267 yards and two touchdowns for the Patriots this year, good for an average of 4.1 yards per carry—down from his career average of 4.5 yards per carry.TOM DIERBERGER
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