Patriots’ defense, Mike Vrabel’s coaching benefitting Will Campbell

FOXBORO It s been hard to assess Patriots top draft pick Will Campbell during spring practices because on top of being voluntary they re also unpadded But offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has still seen development from Campbell who s been a mainstay at left tackle in the band s top offense Related Articles Too much pressure Patriots OC Josh McDaniels not worried about Drake Maye Patriots OTAs takeaways Drake Maye rises Stefon Diggs returns rookie WR shines Emotional David Andrews says goodbye to Patriots football I gave everything I had Rhamondre Stevenson grateful for backing from Patriots coaches while away Stefon Diggs returns to Patriots practice after video on boat goes viral I think Will and the entire group has really done a nice job of trying to deal with a hard front McDaniels reported We re getting a bunch of different looks this time of the year You just put all those reps on the film and then we have them to teach off of as we go into training camp in July and August So he s really grinding away He s getting a lot of looks against a lot of good players a lot of high-tempo reps Campbell was straightaway thrust into the top spot at left tackle and hasn t budged from the position during OTAs Offensive line coach Doug Marrone believes the structure of Vrabel s OTAs sessions which is heavy on -on- work will help players like Campbell develop The Patriots haven t run any competitive -on- drills during spring practices open to reporters Bill Belichick typically liked to mix in -on- work while the offensive and defensive line worked separately during OTAs minicamp and training camp I think the way Coach Vrabel has the practices set up we ve gotten a lot of great work against our defense and I think all those things are going to help Campbell Marrone announced I think he s progressing towards when we get to training camp So I think it s been great from that standpoint