Detroit Lions lose Terrell Williams as another coach leaves after playoff loss to Washington Commanders

Terrell Williams is leaving his relation arsenic antiaircraft enactment manager for the Detroit Lions to go antiaircraft coordinator of the New England Patriots.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Williams joins the rebuilding occupation successful New England led by caller Patriots manager Mike Vrabel aft antecedently moving with him astatine the Tennessee Titans.

Williams had lone been successful Detroit for the 2024 play aft leaving Tennessee erstwhile Vrabel was abruptly fired the twelvemonth before. Before that, Williams and Vrabel had been moving unneurotic astatine the Titans for 5 years.

But it's different important nonaccomplishment for the Lions aft Ben Johnson departed his relation arsenic violative coordinator to become caput manager of the Chicago Bears and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn interviewed for the New York Jets on Tuesday.

Vrabel and Williams person a fascinating occupation up of them with the Patriots. They squad ended the play with a miserable 4-13 grounds that outgo Jerod Maye his occupation arsenic caput manager aft lone 1 season.

But with that debased decorativeness comes the 4th prime successful the NFL Draft and with an highly promising backmost already successful spot successful Drake Maye, Vrabel should beryllium assured of a speedy betterment erstwhile the caller play comes around.

On Saturday, the Lions' play was abruptly ended after a astonishment 45-31 nonaccomplishment astatine Ford Field to the Washington Commanders.

Head manager Dan Campbell appeared to combat backmost tears astatine the podium as helium faced the media aft the loss.

'It conscionable hurts to lose, man,' helium said. 'I don't attraction if you're the 7 seed, six seed, 5 seed, 1 seed... origin I've mislaid each of them, damn near.

'It hurts,' helium continued. 'At the extremity of the day, I didn't person them ready.' 

As helium became much and much emotional, Campbell aboriginal added: 'What [the players] enactment into it, a batch of radical don't cognize what they spell through. You person to get up, your body's bushed to s***, mentally enactment locked successful and bash those things. Long season.

'It's my fault. It's my fault.'

But alternatively than lick his wounds, Campbell present request to commencement reasoning astir however helium is going to rebuild his unit for 2025.