Is Mario Williams the best...

[coastal]

... Defensive player in the NFL?

If not... Why did we give him a $100 million contract?

[YardRat]

Re: Is Mario Williams the best...

He was the best defensive player available this free agency period, coincidentally at a position that we needed to severely upgrade, and that's what the market price was going to be. To be honest, I'm not a fan of throwing around huge contracts and wasn't head-over-heels ga-ga when we signed Williams like most but it was difficult to not get caught up in the excitement at the time.

[Philagape]

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The top free agents are almost always overpaid. That's the system. It's not who's the best in the league, it's who's the best available at the time.

[swiper]

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Ralph just realized he had some extra bling from years of under-paying for newbie coordinators. He couldn't take it with him and he didn't want to leave it to that ugly thing he calls a wife.

[stuckincincy]

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2 pre-season games. No stats at all...no tackles, no assists, no qb hurries - nothing. Seems like he's suffering with a case of Maybin-itis, so far...

[better days]

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He was the best defensive player available this free agency period, coincidentally at a position that we needed to severely upgrade, and that's what the market price was going to be.

EXACTLY. I can't believe anyone would need to ask that question.

[BillsPride12]

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He is going to be a pretty damn good player in the regular season for us if he can stay healthy. However I have a feeling alot of the uneducated fans out there are expecting him to be Bruce Smith good. Those are going to be the ones doing alot of complaining this season.

[YardRat]

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2 pre-season games. No stats at all...no tackles, no assists, no qb hurries - nothing. Seems like he's suffering with a case of Maybin-itis, so far...

Looks to me like the entire first string is kind of slather-assing it during the games, going through the motions and playing to not get hurt. Fingers-crossed, it's been OK in that regard so far, just hope there is another level that they are holding back on until the regular season.

[jimmifli]

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... Defensive player in the NFL?

If not... Why did we give him a $100 million contract?

All teams can spend the same amount of money. To win a team needs to get great performance for less than other teams pay for that performance. Our offense over performs for what we pay. We spent the savings on defense.

[stuckincincy]

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Looks to me like the entire first string is kind of slather-assing it during the games, going through the motions and playing to not get hurt. Fingers-crossed, it's been OK in that regard so far, just hope there is another level that they are holding back on until the regular season.

If that's so, it doesn't look good for the season. First, that insults the fans - I know I know, its' mostly season ticket holders in the stands, but they deserve to see a half-decent effort. I hear this chattering about "plain vanilla", and not tipping the hand. That's bunk. You can't run a single play in preseason that hasn't been seen thousands of times before. The plays are simple because you have rookies and young vets - it's nothing to do with hiding your stuff to spring on other teams once the season starts.

[SquishDaFish]

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Why do you keep making stupid threads?

[better days]

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Looks to me like the entire first string is kind of slather-assing it during the games, going through the motions and playing to not get hurt. Fingers-crossed, it's been OK in that regard so far, just hope there is another level that they are holding back on until the regular season.

Agreed & amen to that. The Bills suffered far too many injuries last year. This year while other teams are getting injuries, the Bills have remained healthy. Let's hope it stays that way & this is our year.

[MikeInRoch]

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2 pre-season games. No stats at all...no tackles, no assists, no qb hurries - nothing. Seems like he's suffering with a case of Maybin-itis, so far...

Or maybe it's pre-season.

[SquishDaFish]

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Gotta LOVE the experts on this site complaining about preseason stats and performance LOL. God I cant wait for the reg season

[swiper]

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Grumpy critters.