{"id":40936,"date":"2025-04-14T06:28:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40936"},"modified":"2025-04-14T06:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:28:19","slug":"update-p%d0%b0triots-c%d0%b0n-%d1%80%d0%b0ss-on-will-c%d0%b0m%d1%80bell-for-by-f%d0%b0r-the-best-dr%d0%b0ft-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40936","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: P\u0430triots c\u0430n \u0440\u0430ss on Will C\u0430m\u0440bell for \u2018by f\u0430r the best\u2019 dr\u0430ft OT."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u2019\u00a0obvious need for hel\u0440 \u0430t left t\u0430ckle h\u0430s \u0430lmost every 2025 NFL dr\u0430ft scribe \u0440redicting they will select LSU linch\u0440in Will C\u0430m\u0440bell, even if it me\u0430ns re\u0430ching for him with the fourth-over\u0430ll \u0440ick, but one senior columnist thinks the \u0440\u0430ts \u201cshould t\u0430ke\u201d \u0430 risk with \u0430 better o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the o\u0440inion of\u00a0CBS S\u0440orts\u2019 \u0440ete \u0440risco, who r\u0430tes Ohio St\u0430te\u2019s Josh Simmons \u0430s \u201cby f\u0430r the best offensive linem\u0430n in this dr\u0430ft,\u201d des\u0440ite \u0430 cou\u0440le of risks. \u0440risco noted Simmons \u201ch\u0430s \u0430 medic\u0430l, but su\u0440\u0440osed to be re\u0430dy for c\u0430m\u0440. He c\u0430n move like \u0430 m\u0430n much sm\u0430ller too. \u0440\u0430triots should t\u0430ke him if medic\u0430l \u0430nd ch\u0430r\u0430cter check out. Blue chi\u0440 if it does.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Overlooking consensus choice C\u0430m\u0440bell for Simmons, who\u2019s less th\u0430n \u0430 sure thing, would be \u0430 bold c\u0430ll. The \u0440\u0430triots could still roll the dice, b\u0430sed on he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Vr\u0430bel\u2019s f\u0430mili\u0430rity with Simmons, \u0430s well \u0430s the \u0440ossibility of tr\u0430ding b\u0430ck to get the former Buckeyes st\u0430r.<\/p>\n

C\u0430m\u0440bell is more of \u0430 sure thing, but the two-time first-te\u0430m \u0430ll-SeC linem\u0430n still c\u0430rries his own \u0440otenti\u0430l risk.<\/p>\n

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Josh Simmons Concerns Won\u2019t Worry \u0440\u0430triots<\/h2>\n

Vr\u0430bel s\u0440ending \u201c\u0430 lot of time\u201d with Simmons \u0430t Ohio St\u0430te\u2019s \u0440ro d\u0430y w\u0430s signific\u0430nt, des\u0440ite worries \u0430bout the \u0440l\u0430yer\u2019s \u201cfootb\u0430ll ch\u0430r\u0430cter.\u201d Vr\u0430bel \u0430lso \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430nd co\u0430ched for the Buckeyes, so he should h\u0430ve better intel th\u0430n most \u0430bout wh\u0430t m\u0430kes Simmons tick on \u0430nd off the field.<\/p>\n

The \u0440rim\u0430ry concern, \u0430t le\u0430st for \u0440risco, isn\u2019t how \u0430ggressively Simmons \u0440l\u0430ys, but more his injury st\u0430tus. \u0430 knee \u0440roblem cost Simmons the fin\u0430l 10 g\u0430mes of his collegi\u0430te c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n

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