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Mike Vrabel credits Milton Williams on comeback from injury after key play
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Mike Vrabel challenged Milton Williams and Christian Barmore heading into the Patriots’ Wild Card game against the Chargers, telling the pair of defensive tackles that “ Big dogs show up in January.”
Williams took that sentiment to heart and showed up in a big way with a game-clinching sack on Justin Herbert .
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After missing five games with an ankle injury in late November and December, Williams put in the work to return to the field for the big moment.
“He wants that role,” Vrabel said Monday morning on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show . “He wants to be able to do those things. We saw him do that at different times earlier in the season, and then he missed a few weeks and worked hard to get back.
“He was able to do some stuff at the end of the regular season just to be prepared for this game and be able to work through some of those things that are associated with coming back from an ankle sprain. I think those are all things that are to his credit, to the staff’s credit, the training staff — everybody involved with that to kind of map that out and have him ready and where he needs to be to impact games in January."
That late sack was one of two for Williams as the Patriots hit Herbert 11 times in the backfield.
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Williams reacted to the play by headbutting his teammates and, ultimately, headbutting his coach, cutting Vrabel’s lip .
Vrabel mentioned Monday morning that he was fine — “I was fine the second it happened.”
Williams said after the game that he forgot Vrabel wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Vrabel responded Monday morning, joking if he should “wear a helmet or remind them that I’m not wearing one.”
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