There are brighter days ahead for New England Patriots offensive tackle Will Campbell, mostly because it can’t get much worse than Super Bowl LX.
The LSU product had a horrendous game against the Seattle Seahawks, and his performance (along with the rest of the offensive line) is a big reason why the Patriots failed to secure their seventh Super Bowl on Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium.
Campbell and the Patriots offensive line allowed quarterback Drake Maye to get sacked six times, as Seattle’s defense suffocated New England. Campbell’s struggles were evident in the moment, and one stat really encapsulated the rookie’s struggles.
As NFL Network senior manager of research Jack Andrade noted, Next Gen Stats attributed 14 QB pressures to Campbell against the Seahawks. It’s the most allowed by any player in any game this season, including the playoffs.
Will Campbell’s Brutal Playoffs Ends With Historically Bad Super Bowl Showing
It somehow gets even worse. As pointed out by Underdog, the 29 pressures Campbell allowed over the course of the entire playoffs were the most recorded in a single postseason in the history of Next Gen Stats.
“Seahawks pass rushers sped past Campbell and got their kicks against him so frequently, they might as well have dubbed him ‘Route 66,’” The Athletic’s Michael Silver wrote after the game.
Clever line aside, it does sound as if the Seahawks knew they were going to control the line of scrimmage on defense.
“We knew their offensive line couldn’t hold up against our rush,” Seahawks defensive tackle Byron Murphy told reporters after the game. “We tried to keep (Maye) rattled. We knew he liked to hold onto the ball a bit. We also knew where he liked to step up and escape. We tried to take that way and to make it very hard for him.”
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