Patriots HC Mike Vrabel Deals Blow to Rhamondre Stevenson With Major RB Announcement

This week, the backfield of the New England Patriots took a dramatic turn into the unknown when comments by head coach Mike Vrabel called Rhamondre Stevenson’s role into serious doubt moving forward. Leading into Sunday’s matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals , the remarks by Vrabel surely signified that once Stevenson is back, the running back hierarchy could be different than before.

Pressed directly whether the Patriots intend to balance touches between the two once Stevenson is healthy, Vrabel delivered his most revealing answer yet, “TreVeyon’s helped us, Rhamondre’s helped us, Terrell [Jennings]’s helped us. Disappointed that D’Ernest [Johnson] couldn’t have a couple more carries. We gained some good yards on whatever they thought was a holding penalty, and go from there.