Pats DC Williams dealing with medical condition

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots antiaircraft coordinator Terrell Williams is not with the squad astatine rookie minicamp arsenic helium is "working done a aesculapian condition," manager Mike Vrabel announced Friday.

Inside linebackers manager Zak Kuhr has been handling Williams' responsibilities successful his absence, according to Vrabel.

While Vrabel didn't specify however agelong Williams hasn't been with the team, a squad root said it has been an lack that has extended implicit astir the past month. Williams is scheduled to code reporters Friday day via video conference.

"I person been successful changeless connection with him daily," said Vrabel, who declined to enactment a timeline connected erstwhile Williams mightiness return. "Terrell is anxious to get back. We're excited to get him back. He's inactive been successful interaction with the players done Zoom, and with myself and the remainder of the coaching staff."

Williams, 50, is successful his archetypal play arsenic antiaircraft coordinator. He joined the NFL successful 2012 arsenic antiaircraft enactment manager with the Raiders (2012-14) earlier handling the aforesaid relation with the Dolphins (2015-17), Titans (2018-23) and Lions (2024).

His clip with the Titans coincided with Vrabel's tenure arsenic caput coach. Likewise, the 36-year-old Kuhr was connected the Titans' unit nether Vrabel from 2020 to '23.

"Zak has large cognition of what we've done successful the past, with maine and this system, and with Terrell," Vrabel said.

Vrabel said his relation arsenic caput manager hasn't been affected by having to walk much clip with the defence himself.

"I don't deliberation thing has changed with maine arsenic acold arsenic my engagement successful each 3 phases," helium said.