FOXBOROUGH — It was a very emotional night for Will Campbell on Sunday, as the rookie left tackle had a lot of struggles against the Seattle Seahawks' defense in the New England Patriots' Super Bowl LX loss.
And because of that, Campbell declined to talk with reporters after the game. However, on Tuesday, he finally broke his silence, apologizing while explaining why he chose not to speak.
“The guy in the locker room was a young man who has a lot of emotions, who probably doesn’t care what he says,” Campbell detailed. “When I get emotional, I tend to have no mind, and that’s not the way that I need to approach this thing. I know myself, and if I would have spoken after, I would have said something that I didn’t need to say. So, I slept on it, I watched it. I know what I got to get better at and move on.”
He also reacted to the scrutiny he has faced online in recent weeks.
“It comes with the job when you don’t perform,” he said. “Obviously, I was picked high and paid a lot. People expect a certain thing. I expect more of myself. So, whenever I don’t perform, I don’t expect everyone to be like, ‘It’s OK, buddy.’ Obviously, it sucks. But it doesn’t suck for anyone more than it sucks for me.”
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