Overview
- During Monday’s training camp session at Gillette Stadium, Williams collapsed on the sideline and left practice on a cart after medical staff evaluated him.
- The Patriots said he was treated for dehydration and is expected to make a full recovery but will remain off the field as a precaution.
- Inside linebackers coach Zak Kuhr, who also filled in during Williams’s spring absence, took over defensive play calling duties on site.
- Williams coached remotely from his home in Detroit earlier in the offseason after missing parts of the spring program for an undisclosed medical issue.
- This season marks Williams’s first as an NFL defensive coordinator following a two-decade coaching career with the Raiders, Dolphins, Titans and Lions.