New Patriots: Get to know rookie starter better on and off the field

FOXBORO Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels spent Thursday afternoon talking up his offensive line The group includes rookie starters at left tackle in Will Campbell and left guard in Jared Wilson I think generally speaking our pass protection has been pretty sound McDaniels mentioned Related Articles Patriots-Buccaneers injury review Kayshon Boutte sits again Rhamondre Stevenson likely out Patriots OC Josh McDaniels provides update on rookie Kyle Williams Patriots face unique challenge against exhausting Buccaneers defense Patriots offense down starters at Thursday practice before Buccaneers challenge Drake Maye is right The bulk of his sacks are not on Patriots O-line Patriots quarterback Drake Maye also defended his offensive line this week saying the majority of the times he s been sacked have been his fault The stats and film back that up Wilson a college center won the starting job at left guard this summer over players like Ben Browns Caedan Wallace and Cole Strange He s started eight of the first nine games of the season and let up four sacks five QB hits and hurries It s viable that Wilson s future might still be at center but he s been good enough at left guard to start on a - squad If the -foot- -pound offensive lineman can continue to build up his playing strength the Patriots also could elect to keep him at left guard and eventually find a center to replace Garrett Bradbury who s years old and on a two-year contract The Patriots have perhaps the fastest left side of the offensive line in the NFL Wilson ran a -second -yard dash which ranks in the th percentile among guards Campbell s -second -yard dash ranks in the nd percentile among tackles and Bradbury s -second -yard dash ranks in the th percentile among centers Outside of pass protection the Patriots run blocking also has improved in latest weeks The Patriots rushing attack struggled to begin their six-game winning streak but they ve rushed for over yards in three straight games now The offensive line has its work cut out for itself this week against the blitz-heavy Buccaneers who rank high in pressure rate Get to know Wilson more on and off the field in our latest New Patriots Q A installment First football memory That s a good question I don t really know Possibly high school sometime Presumably freshman year at West Forsyth High School in Clemmons N C because that s when I started playing Seemingly yeah my freshman year of high school and then meeting my buddies that are still my buddies in the current era Were you inevitably an offensive lineman Like the first two weeks of my freshman year summer workouts I was a D-lineman but then it was like OK you re going to tackle ' Top high school football memory Likely my first offer Who was that from Syracuse Top college football memory Winning the SEC championship over Texas last year What made Georgia so special Its history I mean it s Georgia You hear Georgia and it s just like Yep that s Georgia ' What would you be doing if you weren t a football contestant Video games construction something like that Favorite athlete growing up Basketball like Steph Curry Football Cam Newton Do you have a favorite movie Perhaps Sinners ' Who have you been closest with on the association so far The O-line Who s the funniest competitor on the squad Maybe Marcus Bryant You got Christian Barmore Mack Hollins There s a lot of good guys What do you like the preponderance about the New England region so far It s quiet where I m at Medfield is really quiet Do you have a hidden talent No I m pretty good at video games I don t think that s hidden But yeah What s your top event Call of Duty ' Is there a topic you know more about than anyone else in the locker room Snakes Do you have a snake I used to I m gonna get another one And one last question I heard Garrett Bradbury and Will Campbell were debating who s faster between them Are you faster than both of them Oh yeah So you re the fastest offensive lineman Oh yeah