New England Patriots
“I’m placing him proper again the place he was.”
Will Campbell had a Tremendous Bowl to neglect on Sunday.
The rookie left sort out labored all day towards the Seahawks stout defensive entrance, with Next Gen Stats tabbing Campbell for a whopping 14 pressures allowed.
New England’s offensive line performed a key position within the Patriots’ offensive woes at Levi’s Stadium, with Drake Maye sacked six instances and hit on one other 11 performs in New England’s eventual 29-13 loss.
Campbell’s struggles particularly raised just a few eyebrows, as he was additionally a legal responsibility throughout New England’s postseason victories towards the Chargers and Texans earlier than bouncing again within the AFC title recreation towards the Broncos.
Within the aftermath of New England’s season-ending loss, there was loads of discourse over Campbell’s long-term position in New England and whether or not or not the fourth-overall decide within the 2025 NFL Draft is healthier suited to be a left guard shifting ahead.
Rely former Patriots offensive-line coach Dante Scarnecchia amongst those that consider that the jury continues to be out for a 22-year-old participant like Campbell.
“I’ll inform you what. I’m not firing this man,” Scarnecchia told MassLive’s Karen Guregian. “I’m placing him proper again the place he was.”
Regardless of Campbell’s poor finish to the season, Scarnecchia famous that Campbell had largely lived as much as the billing as a stout rookie left sort out for a majority of the 2025 season earlier than an MCL harm hindered his play.
He missed 4 video games on the finish of the season as a result of that knee harm, noting after New England’s season wrapped that he was not feeling 100 percent during the playoffs.
Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Mike Vrabel confirmed that the Patriots don’t intend to maneuver Campbell off sort out in 2026.
“Will’s 22 years outdated, he’s our left sort out,” Vrabel said. “He’ll get higher, he’ll get stronger. … There’s performs he’d prefer to have again. We’re not shifting Will to protect, or middle, or to tight finish, or anyplace else.”
As Campbell appears to be like to proper the ship, Scarnecchia voiced help in Vrabel’s resolution to face behind his rookie in hopes that he can put his Tremendous Bowl efficiency within the rearview mirror.
“What I like that’s come out up to now is that Mike is of the mentality we’re not shifting him,” Scarnecchia informed Guregian. “We’re protecting him [at left tackle]. We favored him popping out. And we’re going to do every little thing we will to see why this man’s manufacturing and talent lessoned within the final 4 video games, versus the primary 12 video games. That’s what you do as coaches.”
As Campbell now will get prepared for his second season within the NFL, he has already received an offer from former All-Pro tackle Terron Armstead to work out collectively through the offseason.
“Terron Armstead, who was a Professional Bowl left sort out for a lot of, a few years, gave me this overview. It has nothing to do together with his arm size,” NFL Media’s Cameron Wolfe stated. “It was his set, he’s having points with energy, his timing with the punches. He really volunteered to have Will Campbell work out with him in Dallas this summer season.
“He believes the problems are fixable so far as these explicit energy points. He stated a variety of instances he’s strolling backwards and never essentially set because the defensive lineman comes about him. He thinks that’s simply time that you simply want, rep smart, and he can actually nonetheless be an excellent sort out on this league.”
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