Will Campbell is proving his doubters wrong | Patriots 1st Down

Will Campbell is proving his doubters wrong | Patriots 1st Down

question. Question will Campbell, how you doing today? Um, I wanted to ask a question. Um, how has it been for the first seven weeks for you in the NFL? You know, you have a great leader at Morgan Moses that shows you the way. How has it been? I mean, I think you kind of said it for me. Whenever you have someone as great as Morgan Moses around, life is just butterflies and rainbows every day. Ah, they loose in the locker room having fun. Morgan Moses having some fun with Will Campbell in the locker room today. Campbell the third overall pick has played terrific as the Pats left tackle regardless of his hand size. Remember, everybody’s making a big deal about his hand size. Today, he was asked if he’s proved all his doubts wrong. I know uh that I was chosen here for a reason. Uh so it was never really about proving anybody who said that my arms were too small wrong. I was just coming here to try to help this team. And you know, I uh just want to keep continuing to do that uh each and every week in any way that I can. But I’m really not worried about what anybody else has to say. Well, Cam, I say he was the third overall pick. Actually, he’s the fourth overall pick. Peaches could have been the third, though. He’s been playing. No question about it. Uh let’s talk about the offensive line. Let’s talk about Will Campbell because Campbell uh you know what? When his name’s not mentioned, that means he’s doing pretty well. Yeah, he is. Stephen, I think you you heard him talking right there. He is just really steady for a young player, you know, at that position, he just mentally he’s just very very like in the, you know, doesn’t ride the ups and downs. A lot of times with rookies, you know, it can go up and down. And he told the story today, Steve, in the locker room, so you know, you talked about hand size and arm length, like his his shorter arms. Remember that whole topic of conversation leading into the draft? Oh, is are his arms long enough to play left tackle? He told the story about how someone sent him a T-Rex in the lock to to the stadium that he had in his locker. These like little And can you imagine being a rookie in the NFL and someone sends you a T-Rex into your locker? That’s right. And and he but he said he laughed about it and that and that and then he looked at the return address and he said, “Oh, maybe I’ll send something back.” But but Steve, the whole point being like, you know, that’s what you’re getting from, you know, uh you’re in the NFL, but the way he handles it, he just lets it roll off his back. So pretty impressive mentally. Joe Giza sent me an alligator once. I I saw you. You handled it, Peter. I appreciate that.

You haven’t heard Will Campbell’s name too much this season, which is great news for the Patriots rookie left tackle. He’s more than held his own and is proving his pre-draft doubters wrong through the first seven weeks of the season.

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