Patriots take Will Campbell #4 overall

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00:00In the 2025 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots select Will Campbell, tackle LSU.

00:09Okay.

00:10God, that is, sorry.

00:11Here we are again.

00:12All right.

00:13Not quite like last year when you guys were jumping around belly bopping each other.

00:16Hello darkness, my old friend.

00:18You know, I have spent, I understand, years on afternoon shows with Hart, excuse me, weekend

00:25shows with Hart, the afternoon show podcast.

00:27It feels like years in the afternoon.

00:27It does.

00:28It's aged me so much.

00:30It's like I looked at, it's like I looked in the, I drank from the wrong grail.

00:34You know, just begging them to address left tackle, begging them to beef up the offensive

00:39line, begging them to do unsexy things like just, you know, get stout and strong and start

00:45some trench warfare, like the fundamentals.

00:47And that's great.

00:48I just wish there was more certainty behind the pick as opposed to somebody that comes

00:52with question marks from multiple evaluators that you trust implicitly.

00:57In terms of evaluating someone's talent and ability to play one of the most difficult

01:01positions on the field, Sean.

01:03Yeah.

01:03It's, it's not Joe all like if this was Joe all, I would be pants off dancing around the

01:08room because that is a, an absolute surefire stud at whatever tackle position you want

01:13to throw him at.

01:14He's an all pro for years to come.

01:15It's like the next Joe Thomas.

01:17This is not that I, there are so many questions.

01:20He might be pretty good, but more than likely he's just going to be really good at guard.

01:24And that's an absolute waste of a fourth overall pick in a draft where guys are basically all

01:30the same.

01:30Just pick the guy, the best guy.

01:32That's all you need to do is pick the best guy.

01:34Nine times out of 10, it works out.

01:35It works out for the Eagles every time they just take the best guy on the board.

01:38And he's awesome.

01:40Like stop drafting for need.

01:42The Elliott Wolf told us last year, they weren't going to draft for need.

01:45And yet here we are taking a guy who did too short of arms to play left tackle.

01:50All right, let's carry this.

01:51Will Campbell just got his hat.

01:52I think he's about to go out and address, go out and meet Roger Goodell and do his little

01:56interview here.

01:57Let's go live to the state.

01:58Goodell has longer arms.

02:00Move the left tackle and struggle.

02:02Now it's back at right tackle.

02:03That's not automatic.

02:04So they want that blindside protector.

02:06They had to have it for Drake May.

02:08He's the franchise.

02:09Will Campbell, the arm length is an outlier.

02:13The outliers can be great.

02:15There's no question.

02:16Will Campbell's run blocking.

02:17Phenomenal.

02:18Pass protection over Drake.

02:19Now he will get the ball out.

02:20He'll protect Will a little bit as well in that regard.

02:23I'm keeping an eye on a couple of things here now that the draft's unfolding.

02:26The Giants, right?

02:27All right, that's enough.

02:28I don't care about the Giants and all that other stuff.

02:29It doesn't matter now.

02:30What matters is the Patriots have their left tackle, maybe of the future, maybe a guard of

02:35the future.

02:35Certainly someone who they're going to try out at left tackle.

02:37And that's going to be his starting spot here and where he'll report to a camp.

02:43Now, I feel like I'd be a hypocrite if I said I hated this pick because I've yelled and screamed

02:48about tackles.

02:49And Meg, you have too.

02:49So I mean, this is a position of need that they're certainly addressing right now.

02:53And he might not be.

02:55So we'll see if that ends up happening.

02:57From everything that you hear about the intangibles, he seems like a great guy, has an awesome attitude,

03:05awesome work ethic, is going to be somebody wonderful in the locker room and a total Mike

03:09Vrabel type guy.

03:11So look, I will cover him fairly and warmly until he moves to guard.

03:17In which case, I'll say, I can't believe you took guard at number four overall.

03:21They're talking to Will Campbell's mother right now.

03:23The Cleveland pick is in.

03:25So they clearly knew who they were going to get at five.

03:27I'm interested in seeing what they do here.

03:29But yeah, you're hearing from Brian Campbell, Will's father.

03:32We'll hear from Will in just a little bit, and we'll get some of the national reaction

03:35as well.

03:37Patriots, as expected with the fourth overall pick, have taken offensive tackle Will Campbell

03:42from Louisiana State University.

03:47And a guy who protected...

03:49First person who's ever called to that.

03:50I know.

03:50That was very proper.

03:51I was about to say the Louisiana State University.

03:54I knew that was wrong.

03:55The Louisiana State University.

03:57There it is.

03:57And now they're showing his highlights.

04:00You've seen, if you've been looking at tape from him, and I feel like people have been

04:04breaking down Campbell tape for a long time.

04:05There's good and bad with him.

04:07It's not all...

04:07I mean, there's a lot of examples of him getting pushed around, certainly in his last year.

04:13But again, this is the guy considered to be the best tackle on the draft.

04:16I'll say this.

04:17If they can just use him as a stopgap at left tackle...

04:21First round, I can see that you're emotional here.

04:24How meaningful is it for you to represent this program in the state of Louisiana?

04:28It means everything.

04:29They did so much for me and my family.

04:32And for me to be able to represent them the right way, I'll never be able to repay them

04:36for what they did for me.

04:37I know you spent a lot of time with Patriots staff and head coach Mike Brable.

04:41What do you like about the culture that he's building there in New England?

04:44That logo speaks for itself.

04:47But, you know, Coach Brable is a guy who I want to play for.

04:49He's a football guy, no BS.

04:52And I've loved everything that everybody in that building is about since the first time

04:56I stepped in there.

04:57So it's a complete honor to be able to have this hat on right now.

05:00One thing's for sure.

05:01Quarterback Drake May has to be happy about this selection.

05:04Congratulations, Will.

05:06I appreciate it.

05:07There you go.

05:08Will Campbell.

05:09I like him.

05:10I don't know.

05:10I like listening to him.

05:11Yeah, I think his personality is great.

05:13I also liked when Brable said the other day, we're not going to win with just a bunch

05:17of good dudes.

05:18Right.

05:19Take the talent.

05:20He sounded extra Forrest Gumpy right there, didn't he?

05:22Yeah.

05:22Like big time Forrest Gumpy.

05:23Okay, just think about what it's going to be like when him and Drake May are talking to

05:27each other.

05:27Oh, yeah.

05:28Drake May is like, and then it's a complete honor for me to come play for my Brable.

05:35Hey, Will.

05:35Barber, different.

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