{"id":6080,"date":"2024-11-08T17:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2024-11-08T17:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:57:37","slug":"patriots-draft-preview-solving-o-line-issues-wont-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=6080","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Draft Preview: Solving O-Line Issues Won&#8217;t Be Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1962436\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The New England Patriots still have half their schedule left to play, but at this point, it\u2019s pretty evident that they\u2019re going to have a premium pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Why wait to talk about it?<\/p>\n<p>Keagan Stiefel (that\u2019s me) joined George Balekji and Travis Thomas on NESN\u2019s \u201cFoxboro Rush\u201d podcast on Friday to discuss a few possible candidates to select with that premium pick, as well as a couple of prospects you should be keeping an eye on moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing that needs to be fixed in New England, it\u2019s the offensive line,\u201d Stiefel said. \u201c\u2026 (LSU\u2019s Will Campbell and Texas\u2019 Kelvin Banks Jr. are both great players), but at the end of the day it comes down to what you value.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill Campbell is going to be a good player, but where is he going to play? Is he going to be a left tackle or will he need to slide in to play guard? I think, either way, you guarantee yourself a damn-good offensive lineman. Kelvin Banks has a higher floor at tackle, but that floor could still be a smaller version of what you had in Trent Brown. Do you really want to spend a top-three pick on a guy like that?\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Patriots 2025 Draft Targets: Round 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zqFsYa8bisg?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s ultimately going to fall on what New England values. 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