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Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:55 am
by HMFFL
What teams do you think will pursue Mario Williams?
The Bears are the favorite according to CSNChicago.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:17 am
by Celtics_Champs
NFC North QB's beware if chicago lines up him and peppers.
I want the patriots to get him. Won't happen, but a pass rush is needed.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:47 am
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
Mario Williams (6-6, 283) on one side & Julius Peppers (6-7, 283) on the other side is a dream tandem as bookends of a D-Line.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:16 am
by TSE
Peppers is getting close to long in the tooth and Mario Williams is very good but he's also overrated. Not a pair of dream DE's in my mind, as neither one individually is a dream DE in my mind, so together they are great, but certainly not a dream tandem. And Mario's going to have to play in more than 5 games this year to have a shot at scaring anybody in the division, can he do that? Maybe, but how do you know? He didn't play in more than 5 last year. I'm not going to bed thinking about him tonight. I'm a Lion's fan and if I was the QB those guys wouldn't scare me. Hell they'd never touch me because if they ever got close I would do this thing called throw the ball up in the air to Calvin frakking Johnson.
loldreamDEs says a team that has a big arm and THE CJ
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:18 am
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
^^^^^Relax man. It's only a discussion about free agent signings.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:19 am
by TSE
My problem is i'm probably too relaxed if anything, and I'm just discussing it too, your reply seems to suggest i'm doing something else, i'm confused as to what the sentiment of your reply is all about.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:19 am
by Icness
Texans cut Eric Winston, arguably the best all-around RT in the game today. They are going make or break with Mario tomorrow AM, and the Winston move is most certainly related. They're going to lock up Chris Myers first though.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:03 pm
by Bleeding Blue
TSE wrote:Peppers is getting close to long in the tooth and Mario Williams is very good but he's also overrated. Not a pair of dream DE's in my mind, as neither one individually is a dream DE in my mind, so together they are great, but certainly not a dream tandem. And Mario's going to have to play in more than 5 games this year to have a shot at scaring anybody in the division, can he do that? Maybe, but how do you know? He didn't play in more than 5 last year. I'm not going to bed thinking about him tonight. I'm a Lion's fan and if I was the QB those guys wouldn't scare me. Hell they'd never touch me because if they ever got close I would do this thing called throw the ball up in the air to Calvin frakking Johnson.
loldreamDEs says a team that has a big arm and THE CJ
Have you seen either one of those DE's play before? They would be an amazing set of DE's, right up there with Freeney/Mathis. Him getting hurt last year isnt a big deal, players get hurt. Not to mention it wasnt like he blew out his knee or something. You cant throw the ball deep if you dont have time to throw it.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:44 pm
by TSE
There's more onus on the DE getting to the QB in time than for the QB to get the ball out soon enough, advantage QB. The QB only gets hit by the DE if he makes a mistake, that should be avoided every time and can be avoided every time and nearly is avoided every time.
And yeah I have seen them both play and I think they are both great players, but I'm not easily amazed, that's the discrepancy. Pretty awesome duo, but not "amazing" or a "dream scenario". Maybe if they both played for free, but they also eat up a ton of money and that reduces the value of their contributions on the field. The Bills are now talking about making Mario the highest paid defensive player in all of a football LOL, another stupid idea. Some teams will never learn. By some teams I mean every single one of them.
And I'd rather have Cliff Avril and the Lion's set of DEs than to have Julius Peppers at his age and salary along with Mario Williams if Mario comes also with the biggest contract of all defensive players in the history of football. So maybe a dream for one guy, maybe amazing to you, but I think it would suck for the Bears and if I was the Bears GM first thing I would do would be to try and trade away Mario Williams. But you know what, I probably couldn't get a 7th rounder for him, because at that point, no team was willing to pay that much money for the guy let alone also give up other material too.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:24 am
by Susan
Somebody seems to be pretty obsessed with the Bears.
Looks like Mario won't Chicago bound after all.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:58 am
by Icness
He's a real intriguing fit in Buffalo if that winds up being where he signs, and it sounds like it is. Dareus was quietly very good last year and Kyle Williams will be back. 3/4 of a very strong DL, and they all have some versatility to present different looks.
Houston is not out of the running according to some of the local yakkers. Not sure I believe them. I had a brief text exchange with a Texan and he thinks Mario is gone.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:05 am
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
Icness wrote:He's a real intriguing fit in Buffalo if that winds up being where he signs, and it sounds like it is. Dareus was quietly very good last year and Kyle Williams will be back. 3/4 of a very strong DL, and they all have some versatility to present different looks.
Houston is not out of the running according to some of the local yakkers. Not sure I believe them. I had a brief text exchange with a Texan and he thinks Mario is gone.
I'm holding out hope until he decides to cancel his meeting with us
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Signing him would be the icing on the cake for me.....Brandon Marshall (two 3rd rd picks & un-guaranteed contract), Jason Campbell (legit back-up QB), & Mario Williams (Peppers twin).
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:36 pm
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
Regarding Mario Williams.The Buffalo Bills were hoping to wrap up a deal with defensive end Mario Williams quickly, but he informed them Tuesday night that he will visit other teams, two sources told ESPN.com's John Clayton.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/76846 ... ources-say
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:28 pm
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
Chris Mortensen
Bills have a 1:30 presser to announce Mario Williams signing, per sources.
Adam Schefter
Mario Williams gets a six-year deal from the Buffalo Bills.
http://twitter.com/#!/espn/nfl[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKUwcCp7LPE[/youtube]
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:36 pm
by Nolan
Huge pickup for the Bills. That d-line's going to be dangerous as hell.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:52 pm
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
Nolan wrote:Huge pickup for the Bills. That d-line's going to be dangerous as hell.
True, but imagine if the Bears would've got him. Aaron Rodgers agrees with me.
Aaron Rodgers
Congrats to Mario Williams signing in buffalo... far away from the NFC north, thanks big guy
http://twitter.com/#!/AaronRodgers12
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:56 pm
by HMFFL
Great news for Buffalo.
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:00 pm
by BIGGIEsmalls 23
HMFFL wrote:Great news for Buffalo.
I'm a Bears fan, but I agree that it's good for Buffalo & their fans.
Andrew Brandt
Dwight Howard staying in Orlando; Mario Williams going to Buffalo. Revenge of the small markets!
Adam Schefter
Mario Williams' deal in Buffalo: six years, up to $100 million, including $50 million guaranteed.
http://twitter.com/#!/espn/nfl
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:10 pm
by Dr Positivity
Bills Bills B - I - L - L - S
Re: Mario Williams Free Agency
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:10 pm
by Dr Positivity
Unsurprisingly huge contract though lol