Super Bowl LX performance provided several lessons for Patriots LT Will Campbell, including one he will learn the hard way
Will Campbell made more than one rookie mistake in the Super Bowl he’ll have to learn from.
The New England Patriots were flat-out demolished by the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX. The Seahawks’ elite defense simply suffocated anything the Patriots’ offense tried to do, and as hard as their defense played, the Patriots could not close the gap against Seattle.
Part of why New England struggled was the play of their offensive line, most notably left tackle Will Campbell and left guard Jared Wilson. Next Gen Stats attributed 14 QB pressures allowed to Will Campbell on his own, and that might not even factor in Wilson allowing a sack.
Will Campbell didn’t just struggle on the field for New England
Will Campbell followed up his rough performance in the Super Bowl with an even worse look postgame. According to Patriots’ beat writer Ben Volin, Campbell declined to take any questions postgame from media members and left.
I get it. Emotions are high after such a brutal loss. He’s likely embarrassed and ashamed of letting the team down on the biggest stage in football. Campbell had the worst game of his career and it happened on the worst possible night for it to happen. The agony of fans losing a Super Bowl is multiplied by several degree for the players that actually played in the game. There might not be anything he can say or want to say in that moment that would make anyone feel better.
However, it’s still a rough look on the heels of one of the worst individual Super Bowl performances we’ve ever seen. Fans are going to clown you no matter what answers you give, and the tough lumps will come. Denying any chance to simply take accountability for your play while the rest of your team is up in front of the cameras doing so is perhaps the worst thing you could do in this scenario.
For a young player like Campbell, this is a lesson that has to be learned. I don’t believe this is a reflection of his character, a trait which has drawn rave reviews from virtually everyone since his time as a freshman at LSU, but simply a rookie mistake he has to learn from, much like the rest of his game on Sunday.
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