PATRIOTS NEWS Patriots DC Terrell Williams cancer-free after battle with prostate cancer

[Lansdowne]

Exclusive: Patriots DC Terrell Williams cancer-free after battle with prostate cancer

The Patriots got the best news of their season earlier this month. Defensive coordinator Terrell Williams is cancer-free.

www.bostonherald.com

In a season full of big wins, this one is the biggest of them all.

 

[patfanken]

Exclusive: Patriots DC Terrell Williams cancer-free after battle with prostate cancer

The Patriots got the best news of their season earlier this month. Defensive coordinator Terrell Williams is cancer-free.

www.bostonherald.com

In a season full of big wins, this one is the biggest of them all.

GREAT news, I hope he gets the full media attention he deserves and we find out this week just how much he's contributed this season behind the scenes.

BTW- It has kind of been a down-low story about having a top-notch Superbowl defense DESPITE losing our DC on the eve of the season. The team has gotten zero props for overcoming that obstacle.

 

[DaBruinz]

Great news about Coach Williams.

 

[The Gr8est]

So, we get this news on the eve of the Super Bowl, right after a season with Zac Kuhr calling the shots and doing quite well.

So just when other teams think they have a good scouting report on the Pats defense…..

Remember the Chargers said they didn’t know what the Pats were doing, and Sean Payton on the 4th and 1 try, said he didn’t get the look he was expecting.

Couldn’t be better timing for the Pats.

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

This is the most important win of the season. **** CANCER.

 

[Gumby]

Great news. Blessings for him his family & extended Patriots family.

( OT: Does this mean he is officially on sidelines & plane for game?
……. I wonder if some of last few weeks greater D creativity was his returning/influence or if was all Kuhr?)

 

[PatsFan2]

Great news let's hope keep some of that weight off: and start looking like the slim down Vince Wilfork.

 

[Se7eN]

T Strong!

 

[Ross12]

Great news. Blessings for him his family & extended Patriots family.

( OT: Does this mean he is officially on sidelines & plane for game?
……. I wonder if some of last few weeks greater D creativity was his returning/influence or if was all Kuhr?)

I feel like it had to do with Williams… the high pressure rate just has his fingerprints all over it. But I could be wrong.

 

[neckroll#14]

The more brains helping us gameplan against the seahags, the better... hope he is back!

 

[irishfanatic]

Great news, and great timing.

 

[Water Boy]

Hallelujah.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Great news. Blessings for him his family & extended Patriots family.

( OT: Does this mean he is officially on sidelines & plane for game?
……. I wonder if some of last few weeks greater D creativity was his returning/influence or if was all Kuhr?)

I bet they keep him up in the box with communication access.

 

[BennyBledsoe]

I think having next year be a nice combo of the two of them in whatever configuration they feel is fair would be great. Give Kuhr another year, at least, of mentorship. Can't hurt.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Great news, hope he gets to hoist the Lombardi in a week or so.

 

[The Gr8est]

I feel like it had to do with Williams… the high pressure rate just has his fingerprints all over it. But I could be wrong.

So many things have fallen into place for the Pats during this magical season.

How about “you’re looking at the start of a new dynasty, baby!” 2?

With Drake and Rham co-MVPs as the Pats shock the world.

 

[Patjew]

Congratulations to Terrell and his family. Nice D against that tenacious ****ing C-word. (“Cancer,” you delinquents.)

And even though he’s back and well, I think the team still has one more “Win one for the Gipper” in them.

 

[Nikolai]

Congratulations to Terrell. I keep coming back to this thread just to read because this is awesome. Glad he's back, healed up, and yes, if that's been his fingerprints on this defense during this playoff run....well, I think we can all do with more of that.

Congratulations to Terrell and his family. Nice D against that tenacious ****ing C-word. (“Cancer,” you delinquents.)

And even though he’s back and well, I think the team still has one more “Win one for the Gipper” in them.

To be fair, cancer is a ****, so it's all good over here

 

[Thelonious]

This is great news. That said, I do think there ought to be an objective evaluation as to whether he or Zak should get the job next year. Perhaps a younger DC makes sense for a team still comparatively early in its rebuild. On the other hand, perhaps the notion that "you cannot lose your job due to injury/illness" applies as much to coaches as (most of the time) it applies to players, which might cause players to feel that denying Williams' return would violate a principle which is important to them. On the other hand, players may appreciate, if Zak gets the nod, that job security and advancement is based solely on one's contribution to the team, that performance is rewarded. I would base it on past and predicted accomplishment and contribution to the team, which would give the nod to Zak, but that will strike some as heartless, I am sure.

It's a genuinely knotty issue. Sometimes the nice thing and the right thing are very different from one another.

 

[Foxypats]

Wonderful news! Cancer sucks and it’s so great when someone can beat it .