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Ridley only fumbled once in the game today. The first one he was ruled down by contact. The second one was so flukey that I am willing to forgive him for it. Prior to this season he only had 5 career fumble on 377 carries. While not great, I feel that his fumbling issues are being massively overblown.
Although I don't think the Pats should give up on Ridley, I don't think Belichick really cares if they called Ridley's first drop a fumble or not. It was questionable whether it was a fumble or not (I thought it was), but Belichick would be upset anyway that Ridley did not hold onto the ball.
Ridley is too valuable to this team to give up on him. There will be weeks that he will be a much better start than anyone on the roster including Vereen. But I think he needs to work on his ball security. He had too many drops today and in the preseason.