"FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots first-year defensive coordinator Terrell Williams has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, coach Mike Vrabel said Friday. Vrabel said the 51-year-old Williams is in the process of undergoing treatment and meeting with specialists "to figure out the best plan to be able to attack this and heal it and allow him to get back to better health. Our medical staff and the people in this town have been fantastic to help him and get him started with that process.""
""This is a hard business. This is tough," Vrabel said. "When you do this, you have to have people that you trust implicitly, that are loyal. He's been that. He has an ability to reach everybody, and it always kept me in perspective." Williams called the defense in the team's 20-13 season-opening loss to the Las Vegas Raiders but stepped away from the full-time role in the ensuing days for medical reasons."
Terrell Williams, the New England Patriots first-year defensive coordinator, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment while meeting with specialists to determine the best care plan. The team medical staff and local providers have assisted Williams in beginning treatment. Inside linebackers coach Zak Kuhr will serve as defensive play-caller for a third straight week, with Williams present around the team as much as he can. Williams previously coached under Mike Vrabel with the Tennessee Titans from 2018-2023 and reunited with Vrabel this offseason. Williams called the season opener but stepped away from full-time duties for medical reasons, after a prior March health scare led him to coach remotely in the spring.
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