WEEI Afternoons: Mark Schlereth explains why Rhamondre Stevenson is the Patriots' best offensive player

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00:00So, Stink, you had a chance to see the Patriots start a running back

00:04who would put the ball on the carpet two times the week before.

00:08How do you feel?

00:09I know it seems very different, kind of new age, I guess we're kind of calling it.

00:14How did you feel about Mike Vrabel starting Ramondre

00:18after a brutal showing that kind of cost the Pats the week before?

00:23I think he's, frankly, I think he's the best offensive player on your team.

00:27And so, like, and this has to do with the things you don't see.

00:33You know, it's the things that don't compile statistics.

00:36You know, it's those guys that wreck a game plan on the defensive side of the ball

00:40that don't have a sack, that don't have interception,

00:42that don't have a tackle for loss,

00:44and yet they completely destroy somebody's game plan.

00:48And for me, Ramondre is not only, you know, really good at running the football,

00:53now obviously put the ball on the ground,

00:54but what he does in blitz pickup, what he does catching the ball out of the backfield.

01:00Two of your biggest, going into that game, two of your biggest pass plays

01:03were him catching the football.

01:05So he catches it naturally.

01:07He's great in the open field with the ball.

01:09I just think he's damn good.

01:10My biggest concern was not him playing or putting it on the ground,

01:13was him being so conscientious of not putting it on the ground

01:17that he eliminates some of the big play ability that he has.

01:21You know, being so worried about that because you still have to play free.

01:25But good for Vrabel, man.

01:27Good for Vrabel, for putting him out there, for believing in him, for trusting in him.

01:30I just think that that's the way you can kind of build continuity,

01:34trust, and culture in a football team.