Patriots’ young offensive linemen quickly developing in-season

FOXBORO The Patriots poured information into improving their offensive line this offseason and through two weeks their work has paid off In Pro Football Focus pass-blocking efficiency metric which measures pressure allowed on a per-snap basis with weighting toward sacks allowed the Patriots rank seventh through two weeks The line has allowed just one sack five QB hits and hurries for total pressures to the Raiders and Dolphins They also evidenced dramatic improvement in Week After one week the Patriots ranked nd in pass-blocking efficiency They were tied for first in Week Related Articles Patriots see progress from two players on latest injury review Josh McDaniels raves about Drake Maye s fantastic improvement intangibles Patriots Marte Mapu streamlined approach in learning new position Drake Maye wants to increase Stefon Diggs targets He wants the ball Patriots receive good news in second practice of the week Obviously very very happy about what happened Week rookie left guard Jared Wilson explained Thursday Just keep building on it Don t dwell on it Got a new challenge this week with Pittsburgh so it s gonna be fun and exciting Just keep getting better The Patriots offensive line which primarily aligned Vederian Lowe at left tackle Michael Jordan at left guard Ben Brown at center Mike Onwenu at right guard and Demontrey Jacobs at right tackle and also saw a heavy dose of Layden Robinson ranked st in pass-blocking efficiency allowing sacks QB hits and hurries for pressures They were nearly as bad in so it was clear something needed to be done to address the positional group So the Patriots personnel department led by head coach Mike Vrabel executive vice president of competitor personnel Eliot Wolf and vice president of participant personnel Ryan Cowden selected left tackle Will Campbell fourth overall and Wilson in the third round of the NFL Draft signed right tackle Morgan Moses in free agency and center Garrett Bradbury after he was issued by the Vikings to join Onwenu on the starting offensive line There were specific bumpy moments throughout the summer that crept up into Week but offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has seen steady improvement from his two rookies Campbell and Wilson I think they learn every day McDaniels stated Honestly we just got done learning on the field in a walkthrough I think we just continue the same process I think we re focused on the process more than the results and those guys are really working hard to improve and get better every day and every week So we either do something well and we re happy about it or we don t do it exactly the way we needed and then those guys gain experience and learn from it So as long as you have the right mindset I think you have a great opportunity to get better And I d say all of the young players when they make a mistake they have a great approach and they should be commended for the way they re working because they really care about doing things the right way and helping their teammates win So put those two guys at the top of the list Campbell s approach to correcting mistakes is to get in the facility identify what requirements to be corrected and to work on them Wilson has a similar approach Coming in the film room being coachable I think is the preponderance fundamental thing Wilson reported You got two ears and one mouth for a reason So listen more than you talk and take in all the information be a sponge and just get better Campbell and Wilson certainly proved upsurge in Week Campbell allowed one sack and four total pressures in Week and had a clean slate in Week Wilson allowed two QB hits and four hurries in Week and also didn t allow any pressures in Week Campbell was more happy about the Patriots preeminence than the performance of the offensive line in Week Just glad we won the competition Campbell mentioned That s all I really care about is winning the tournament The group has three offensive line coaches in Doug Marrone and assistants Robert Kugler and Jason Houghtaling Marrone noted Thursday that he s focusing on small daily improvements from Campbell Wilson and the rest of the line and to focus on things that need to be corrected speedily The line faces another challenge this week with T J Watt Cameron Heyward and the rest of the Steelers front seven coming to Foxboro