Barth: Best Options to Fix Patriots' Ball Security

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00:00Alex, so takeaways from the loss to the Steelers.

00:05Let's start with the headline, Ramondre Stevenson, the fumbling problem.

00:10You know, there's talk of Vrabel has to button things up, the bad penalties, the fumbles.

00:15So you have to make a statement.

00:17You're not going to change a culture in three games.

00:19You're not going to change a culture in one offseason.

00:22But if a culture changes what you're going after, how do you handle the Stevens situation in your opinion?

00:27It's tricky because it's not as simple as the fumbles.

00:29And I wrote about this a little bit in the Patriots mailbag that I posted this morning on 98.5thesportshub.com.

00:35He's also been one of their few, you know, you want to call explosive players.

00:39They have seven gains of more than 20 yards this season.

00:42He has three of them.

00:44You look at what he was doing in that game before the second fumble.

00:47They convert three third and tenner longers on that big drive at the end of the first half.

00:52He converted a couple of them.

00:53And then one was, I think, third and 12 where he gets 11.

00:56And then that was the one where they went for it, backed all the way up in their own end,

00:59which he also converted.

01:00So Travion Henderson, the wheels are still spinning a little bit.

01:03He still looks a little bit like a rookie.

01:05Antonio Gibson fumbled as well.

01:07So, look, you can't have a guy out there that's going to be putting the ball on the ground once or twice again.

01:11You can't have that.

01:12But at the same time, and you saw it in Miami, he does add a dynamic to their offense that they're struggling to find right now.

01:19When Mike Vrabel said after the game, we're going to need him, he's not wrong.

01:23They are going to need him.

01:24The question is, how do you balance what he gives you with the fumbling issues?

01:28He clearly needs to touch the ball less.

01:30But right now, unless Travion Henderson gets it going, the dynamic he brings is important.

01:35I guess I'm just not seeing it.

01:37And, you know, I'll take your word for it, but when I think, you know, you don't have a ton to choose from,

01:44but when you think about dynamic, explosive offensive plays that the Patriots have put up just in these first three games,

01:51I first think about Hunter Henry.

01:54I think about Keyshawn Booty.

01:56I think about Drake May picking up yards with his own feet.

01:59Ramondre Stevenson is like fourth, fifth on the list.

02:03I'm just, I'm not, I'm not recalling him being like instrumental or having those, those big impact plays.

02:10So part of it is he hasn't scored touchdown yet.

02:12Like there's been big gains, but they haven't ended up in the end zone.

02:15The 55 yarder against Miami, right?

02:17That's not a score that sets up a score.

02:19It's not a score.

02:20And the one, the ones against Pittsburgh, literally I'm writing down.

02:23You have a, during the game, I have a piece of scratch paper that I'm just writing ideas down on as I go.

02:27And I'm like, Ramondre converting big third downs, look up and he fumbled.

02:30And I go cross that out.

02:31And I'm like, all right, there's a different story for him now.

02:33It kind of changes the tone.

02:35Some of it is too, to what you said, there's not a lot to pick from.

02:38Ideally, you have other guys step up and step into those more explosive roles.

02:42And that's where we can get into, what are they going to do with the wide receiver position?

02:45Do we maybe start to see some more of Kyle Williams?

02:48And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

02:51And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

02:56And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

02:58And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

03:00And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

03:02And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

03:04And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

03:06And then you don't have to worry about getting that kind of play as much from your running back.

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