So many great athletes have been motivated by doubters, whether they’re real, imagined or entirely conjured up for the purposes of inspiration.
If doubt stokes Will Campbell’s fire, the Patriots’ first-round pick won’t have to do any imagining. He’s got lots of doubters.
Experts who say his arms are too short, experts who say he’ll eventually play guard.
Mike Vrabel, who said the Patriots would have listened if they’d gotten an offer to trade down, fielded multiple questions about all of those Campbell concerns on Thursday.
“He hasn’t even shown up here in Foxborough, and we’re not going to talk about where he’s going to play or what he’s going to do,” Vrabel said.