According to reports, the New England Patriots want to hire Detroit Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams as their next defensive coordinator.

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FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots are hiring former Detroit Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams to be their new defensive coordinator, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter and Mike Reiss.

The Patriots are reportedly set to hire Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams as the new defensive coordinator.

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The Patriots are targeting Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams to be their new defensive coordinator under Mike Vrabel, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports.

Terrell Williams spent six seasons working with new Patriots coach Mike Vrabel before coming to Detroit last winter.

Williams will join offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer on head coach Mike Vrabel’s staff. He worked with Vrabel for six years (2018-2023) with the Tennessee Titans, and was most recently a defensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Detroit Lions this past year.

According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers run game coordinator/defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers is expected to become the next defensive line coach for the Lions. If you're looking for somebody to directly address a couple of the D-line's biggest issues from this past season, then it's hard to do better than Rodgers.

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s list of candidates to fill the vacancy as defensive line coach has shrunk by one. Kacy Rodgers, who led