‘i Don’t Give A Sh--’: Patriots Lt Will Campbell Had Blunt Response To Online Critics

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Will Campbell has put together an awesome rookie play since being selected pinch nan No. 4 prime by nan Patriots successful nan 2025 NFL draft.

After instantly being thrust into nan team’s near tackle role, nan 22-year-old helped New England to a 14–3 grounds by starting 13 games—missing 4 owed to injury—and allowing conscionable 5 sacks of backmost Drake Maye while committing only 7 penalties. Last Sunday nighttime against nan Chargers, however, Campbell seemed to person met his match, struggling to support L.A.’s walk rushers astatine bay. According to PFF, he allowed 5 pressures, a sack that led to a fumble, and notched a season-worst 92.5% ratio rating.

Campbell has since been taxable to immoderate disapproval connected societal media for his mediocre play, and connected Wednesday successful nan Patriots locker room, said astir really he handles it.

“I don’t springiness a sh-- what anyone says, to beryllium honorable pinch you,” Campbell answered, candidly. “It’s easy to type down a Twitter relationship that, you know, is fake. I clasp myself to nan highest anticipation of anybody. I want to beryllium perfect, and it's difficult for maine to get told that it's going to beryllium difficult to beryllium perfect. But nan Chargers, evidently I didn't transportation a shutout. You cognize I wish I had 2 aliases 3 plays that I wish I could person back. But that's $300 cardinal [of] protect ends and I've sewage a ton of respect for those dudes. And It's going to beryllium for illustration that each week successful nan playoffs.”

“This is playoff football,” he continued. “These are champion teams, pinch nan champion defenses, nan champion offenses, nan champion players. They’re successful nan playoffs for a logic so, for illustration coach Vrabel said... you’ve gotta beryllium consenting to spill a small humor and violence, and you’ve conscionable gotta dream you don’t spill much than they do.”

A measured (and seemingly honest) consequence from 1 of nan Patriots’ galore promising rookies.

Campbell will beryllium tested again this Sunday vs. Texans

Will Campbell and nan Patriots discourtesy person rather nan task up of them this Sunday afternoon. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

Campbell and nan remainder of nan Patriots’ violative statement will beryllium tested again this Sunday erstwhile they invited nan Texans to Gillette Stadium. Led by erstwhile NFL linebacker DeMeco Ryans and 1 of nan league’s astir respected coordinators successful Matt Burke, Houston’s defense was among nan NFL’s elite successful 2025—allowing a league-low 277.2 yards per crippled and nan second-fewest points (17.4) during nan regular season.

Additionally, nan Texans classed ninth successful nan NFL pinch 47 sacks led by stars Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson Jr., who each reached double-digit QB takedowns pinch 15 and 12, respectively.

“They’re awesome players,” Campbell said of Houston's move pass-rush duo. “Played against Will [Anderson Jr.] my freshman twelvemonth successful assemblage and I watched Danielle [Hunter] since I was a kid and he was astatine LSU. So a ton of respect for those guys. They are who they are for a reason. They person players from nan beforehand four, linebackers, DB’s that tin each make you salary if you don’t do your job.”

New England has its activity trim retired for it if it wants to beforehand to its first AFC title crippled since nan 2018 season. Kick disconnected from Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium is group for 3:00 p.m. ET.