{"id":91760,"date":"2025-09-12T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=91760"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:12:05","slug":"patriots-coach-addresses-terrell-williams-health-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=91760","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Coach Addresses Terrell Williams Health Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patsms11.jpg?w=420\" alt=\"Patriots DC Terrell Williams to take another health-related leave\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Vrabel said this week that Williams would be away from the team for a few days<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Victor Barbosa 11 Hours Ago2 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2044505\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The New England Patriots may be without multiple key players in Week 2 vs. the Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>The team is also closely monitoring an ongoing health situation surrounding defensive coordinator Terrell Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Mike Vrabel said on Wednesday that Williams would be spending a few days away from the squad as he undergoes testing.<\/p>\n<p>Inside linebackers coach Zak Kuhr discussed the situation on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to really comment about Terrell (Williams) right now out of respect for him and his family. But our prayers are with him and his family,\u201d Kuhr said, as relayed by ESPN\u2019s Mike Reiss on Bluesky. \u201cHe means the world to me. I challenge anybody to find a better man, better dad, better coach, better friend, better mentor. But I\u2019m always thinking about him and what he means to this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Patriots hired Williams in January, giving the longtime college and NFL defensive line coach his first coordinating gig.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The 51-year-old initially returned to the team in late July following an offseason medical scare before being forced to exit an early August practice due to dehydration.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Williams and Vrabel worked together for six years with the Tennessee Titans with the former serving as the team\u2019s defensive line coach and the latter leading as head coach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Patriots inside linebackers coach Zak Kuhr discussed defensive coordinator Terrell Williams&#8217; absence on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":91764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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