Patriots LT Will Campbell placed on injured reserve; LG Jared Wilson also expected out vs. Giants

FOXBOROUGH Mass AP Patriots rookie left tackle Will Campbell was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury Wednesday sidelining the fourth overall draft pick for New England s Monday night matchup with the New York Giants Campbell was carted off the field in the third quarter of the Patriots - win at Cincinnati last week It ends his string of straight starts as quarterback Drake Maye s blindside protector The designation will keep Campbell sidelined for at least the next four weeks But coach Mike Vrabel commented the rookie while disappointed has remained engaged He comes into the meetings stays engaged works hard to get back and to recover briskly And that s all it can be Vrabel declared If you want to have a good long NFL career you re going to have to battle through a few of these things and these things are going to come up I would say that he s already working hard extremely hard to get back and being engaged in the meetings So that s kind of what it will be for four weeks Vrabel also declared left guard Jared Wilson who also left last week s tournament with an ankle injury will be inactive against New York It marks the biggest disruption this season for New England s offensive line The Patriots entered last Sunday s event with one of the greater part stable offensive lines in the league with Campbell Wilson center Garrett Bradbury right guard Mike Onwenu and right tackle Morgan Moses starting of games this season The lone deviation from that quintet had been in Week when Ben Brown started in place of Wilson who was inactive with ankle and knee injuries Campbell also becomes the second key starter to go on injured reserve in modern weeks Defensive tackle Milton Williams went on IR on Nov are leaving New England s Week win over the New York Jets