BILL BELICHICK DEFENDS RHAMONDRE STEVENSON DESPITE LATE-GAME FUMBLE IN PATRIOTS LOSS TO BENGALS

Typically, ball security is job security in New England under Bill Belichick. If a player coughs the ball up, we've seen the head coach effectively put him in the witne s protection program, never to be heard from again. However, that doesn't seem to be the case with , even after back-to-back weeks headlined by poor late-game execution.The latest m

isn't ready to return this week for the , and probably not next week, either. The 24-year-old continues to nurse a sprained ankle suffered in the team's lo s to the in Week 5 -- leaving in the first quarter and not returning. He's mi sed each game Colorado Rockies Jersey since and while the Giants ready to take on the , they hope to be without Bark