Three burning questions for 2025 Patriots

No team passed for fewer yards per game (176.1) than the Patriots in 2024m and only Cleveland (15.2) and the New York Giants (16.1) averaged fewer points per contest than New England (17.0). The team hasn’t had a 1,000-yard receiver since Julian Edelman caught 100 passes for 1,117 yards from quarterback Tom Brady in 2019.

Diggs was with the Vikings that year but spent the next four seasons with rival Buffalo, catching 445 passes for 5,372 yards and 37 touchdowns. Assuming he makes a full recovery and can approach those numbers with New England, Maye could easily finish as a top-10 passer next season.

What about Mike Vrabel?

The former Patriots linebacker started his head-coaching career with the Tennessee Titans in 2018, leading the team to four winning seasons on the way to being named AP Coach of the Year in 2021. 

He lost his job after going 7-10 in 2022 and 6-11 in 2023. He worked as a consultant with the Browns in 2024 and was hired in January to replace former Patriot linebacker Jerod Mayo after one season. Vrabel said he was humbled and grateful to be back in New England and talked about rebuilding the team’s championship culture at his introductory news conference.

"Our culture is going to be built on winning, competitive spirit throughout our roster — players, coaches, staff — and the ability to put team first and care about somebody other than yourself," Vrabel said. "I'm excited to do that. I'm excited to get to work."

Of course, free-agent additions like Diggs, former Eagles defensive tackle Milton Williams and former Lions cornerback Carlton Davis should make his job much easier in 2025.

Where should Will Campbell play?

Pro Football Focus called the 6-foot-6, 323-pound prospect “an offensive lineman’s offensive lineman” and named him as the top offensive tackle in the 2025 NFL Draft. All but two of his 2,548 snaps came at left tackle with LSU, but some still believe he’s better suited to play guard.

While massive, Campbell's arms (32 ⅝ inches) are considered short for an NFL tackle. Morgan Moses, the team’s new right tackle, and incumbent left tackle Vederian Lowe both have 35 ⅜ arms.

“I’m gonna play wherever the coach tells me to,” Campbell said at LSU’s pro day. “But I’ve talked to quite a few people, and only two teams that I’ve talked to out of everybody see me as a guard, and that’s because they already have tackles.”

Arm length aside, Campbell has the size, quickness and tenacity to play left tackle, but if he struggles, a move to guard, even temporarily, won’t hurt him or his new team in 2025.