{"id":36038,"date":"2025-10-21T01:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36038"},"modified":"2025-10-21T01:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:41:05","slug":"breaking-patriots-mike-vrabel-explains-why-he-did-not-turn-to-treveyon-henderson-in-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36038","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Patriots&#8217; Mike Vrabel Explains Why He Did Not Turn To TreVeyon Henderson In Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242022353_83a72b-e1760995584759.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242022353_83a72b-e1760995584759.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242022353_83a72b-e1760995584759.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242022353_83a72b-e1760995584759.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Patriots' Mike Vrabel Explains Why He Did Not Turn To TreVeyon Henderson In Win\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><em>Getty Mike Vrabel New England Patriots<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a slightly rocky start he New England Patriots have managed to rattle off four straight wins, including one at five-time consecutive reigning AFC East champions, the Buffalo Bills, whom the Patriots have temporarily usurped atop the division.<\/p>\n<p>One of the few major sticking points with New England\u2019s team has been the run game from the running backs themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Although quarterback, Drake Maye, has demonstrated vast capabilities to make plays with both his legs and his arm and contribute to the rushing attack, the Patriots still need more from their guys as pertains to the ground game.<\/p>\n<p>Neither veteran back, Rhamondre Stevenson, nor second round rookie, TreVeyon Henderson, have managed to stake a truly definite claim on the RB1 spot, with both averaging 3.6 yards per carry on the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/MDS7EWHJNVA7BMS3VJ2CQJ676M.jpg?auth=22e29f7f30483021c92f006ff2233fac2663c003951e5477820e679472875d56&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"What they're saying nationally about Patriots' fourth straight win -  masslive.com\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Mike Vrabel Explains Why He Has Stuck With Rhamondre Stevenson<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Stevenson having also fumbled 3 times in 7 games to start the season, head coach Mike Vrabel has stuck with him and continued to give him the lions share of touches. The former fourth round pick carried the ball 18 times to Henderson\u2019s two in the Patriots\u2019 blowout 31-13 win against the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n<p>Many across the league \u2013 including angry fantasy football managers \u2013 have questioned why Vrabel continues to neglect Henderson\u2019s and reduce his amount of opportunities carrying the ball. And speaking WEEI 93.7 on Monday, the head coach outlined why the team is keeping the 27 year old as the bell-cow in the offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at last week, at the end of the game.\u201d Vrabel said on Monday. \u201cHe steps up, he blocks the inside linebacker. Yesterday, he\u2019s blocking in protection, he\u2019s up in the A-gap. He goes out, scans out to the nickel, and we\u2019re able to get a big third down pass off. So he does a lot of things without the football, and then when he does have the football, when he takes care of it, and he\u2019s decisive, he\u2019s been good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.patspulpit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/gettyimages-2242062661.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"Mike Vrabel explains TreVeyon Henderson's season-low workload | Pats Pulpit\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Vrabel Did Not Want To Change The Winning Formula On Offense<\/h2>\n<p>Although he has been, suffice to say, less than mistake-free early this season, Vrabel explained that Stevenson\u2019s high level of involvement was about maintaining trust within the offensive group and not changing a winning formula.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Rhamondre] did a lot of really good things early in the season\u00a0against Miami.\u201d Vrabel said on Monday. \u201cAnd there\u2019ll be a time where they\u2019re calling for my job, and they\u2019re calling for everybody\u2019s job. That\u2019s just how this business works. And I didn\u2019t want to jerk the wheel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Vrabel also conceded that running back is not just a one-man position, and that contributions would also be made from other members of the unit, including the second round rookie, Stevenson\u2019s play has merited his snap count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll our backs are going to play. TreVeyon\u2019s going to have a role, and Terrell [Jennings] is going to have a role. And Rhamondre \u2013 he\u2019s a very good pass protector. And again, there\u2019s the whole body of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some more fumbles and lack of ball security could see the former Titans head coach reverse course on this position. But for the moment, it is the Rhamondre show on the ground at Foxborough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Patriots head coach, Mike Vrabel, explains why kept Rhamondre Stevenson in the game and did not turn to TreVeyon Henderson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Patriots&#039; Mike Vrabel Explains Why He Did Not Turn To TreVeyon Henderson In Win - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36038\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Patriots&#039; 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