{"id":25866,"date":"2025-06-16T01:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T01:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25866"},"modified":"2025-06-16T01:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T01:38:16","slug":"update-patriots-get-more-bad-news-on-6-2-million-draft-pick-at-important-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25866","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Patriots Get More Bad News on $6.2 Million Draft Pick at Important Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-Bad-News-Jared-Wilson.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-Bad-News-Jared-Wilson.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-Bad-News-Jared-Wilson.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patriots-Bad-News-Jared-Wilson.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Patriots Get More Bad News on $6.2 Million Draft Pick at Important Position\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Getty Patriots coach Mike Vrabel has yet to figure out the left guard position.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spring practices are now in the rear view mirror for the New England Patriots, and the start of training camp is more than five weeks away. But new head coach Mike Vrabel continues to have very little idea who will play one of the most important positions on the field. That position is not quarterback, or wide receiver, or middle linebacker \u2014 but left guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re moving a lot of guys through there. We\u2019ll have to make a lot of those decisions and determinations once we get to training camp and there\u2019s pads and start stacking some days together,\u201d Vrabel said at the end of the Patriots minicamp last week, where practices are required to be held on a non-contact, no-pads basis. \u201cI don\u2019t know if we get a full evaluation without shoulder pads on as an offensive lineman.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>O-Line Was a Serious Liability in 2024<\/h2>\n<p>After fielding a dangerously porous offensive line last season, which allowed 52 sacks divided between quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett (18) and rookie Drake Maye (34), one of Vrabel\u2019s top priorities has been bolstering the line play.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots signed 11-year veteran free agent Morgan Moses to man the right tackle position, and another free agent, former Minnesota Viking Garrett Bradbury, at center.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots\u2019 2020 sixth round draft pick Michael Onwenu is slated to stay at the right guard spot. For the left tackle position, charged with protecting the quarterback\u2019s blind side and often considered the most important offensive position other than QB, Vrabel and the Patriots used the fourth overall pick in the draft to take Will Campbell out of LSU.<\/p>\n<p>But who lines up to Campbell\u2019s right? The left guard position is also crucial, though according to NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks, \u201cmany coaches will stash their most vulnerable front-line blocker\u201d there, because the center can be used to double team, compensating for the left guard\u2019s deficiencies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_631,y_819,w_3460,h_1946\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/49\/01jnd1v0p2evxvpf5vs5.jpg\" alt=\"Patriots receive good news and bad news with teams vying for No. 1 pick\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That may be why the position appears to be Vrabel\u2019s lowest priority \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean left guard is not important. When OTA practices opened three weeks ago, 2022 first round draft pick Cole Strange and free agent acquisition Wes Schweitzer were splitting the first-team reps.<\/p>\n<p>But then Schweitzer suddenly retired. That left Strange as the presumptive starter, but as Vrabel made clear, he hasn\u2019t made a decision yet.<\/p>\n<h2>Mysterious Ailment For Left Guard Draft Pick<\/h2>\n<p>One other chief competitor was supposed to be third-round draft pick Jared Wilson, taken 95th overall out of Georgia. Signed to a four-year, $6.2 million rookie contract, the Patriots clearly intended Wilson to battle for the position.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4435,h_2494,x_0,y_295\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/patriots_country\/01jsss3vvfr5bmab3ndg.jpg\" alt=\"What New England Patriots Are Getting in Jared Wilson\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But Wilson, though he participated in the Patriots rookie camp, remained on the sidelines when OTAs and mandatory minicamp came around. On Sunday, longtime <em>ESPN.com<\/em> Patriots correspondent Mike Reiss reported that Wilson has been suffering from an \u201cundisclosed injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilson could be in the mix for the wide-open left-guard job. He could also be a top interior backup on game-day,\u201d Reiss wrote. \u201cThus, his readiness for the start of training camp is near the top of the team\u2019s list when it comes to injuries\/rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reiss called Wilson\u2019s mysterious injury \u201can important, but perhaps overlooked, storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>USA Today Patriotswire<\/em> writer Jordy McElroy seconded Reiss\u2019s view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether as a starter or top backup, the former Georgia standout\u2019s recovery and development could have major implications for the Patriots down the road,\u201d McElroy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriots coach Mike Vrabel has yet to figure out the team&#8217;s left guard position, and the latest bad news won&#8217;t help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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