Overview
- Lomu took first-team reps at right tackle during mandatory minicamp on Wednesday while veteran Morgan Moses was held to a managed practice workload.
- Coaches praised Lomu’s adaptability and gave him expanded repetitions to speed his learning of opposite-hand strikes and reversed footwork required on the right side.
- The club also worked Lomu at left tackle with the second unit so he can serve as a swing tackle and provide immediate depth behind the Campbell-Moses pairing.
- Lomu said the switch now “feels natural” after extra before-, during- and after-practice reps, but Patriots staff stress that true evaluation will wait until padded training camp.
- Longer term, the plan is for Lomu to be groomed as Morgan Moses’ successor at right tackle while Will Campbell remains the primary left tackle, with the team balancing development and veteran preservation.