One of the viral highlights of the 2025 NFL Draft came during Round 1 when Will Campbell was selected by the New England Patriots.

The first offensive lineman taken off the board, Campbell let it all out after being selected No. 4 overall, telling NFL Network's Jamie Erdahl that he's "gonna fight and die to protect" quarterback Drake Maye.

Maye, last year's No. 3 overall pick by New England, loved to hear it, Michael Baca of NFL.com reports.

"I listened to it live," Maye told reporters on Thursday. "It gets you going, gets your juices going. I think it makes you want to go out there and play football now. Pumped that we picked Will. We got a chance to meet him when he flew in on Friday. Pumped to get things going. Obviously, he seems like a football player. That's what you want around here."

What new head coach Mike Vrabel wants in New England is what Maye and Co. have been hearing a lot of as the club began its offseason program this week.

"It's been great with coach; he's come in here and it seems like he's been here a while," Maye said of Vrabel. "He's so comfortable being a head coach. He's done it before; he's done it at a high level and won a lot of games. So, looking forward to getting things going. You can see he's trying to kind of install the new identity. I think we're building toward that, working and trusting his ways."

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