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Mario Williams begged another team to offer him less than the Bills did
Mario Williams begged another team to offer him less than the Bills did
According to Lance Zierlein
Lance Zierlein @LanceZierlein True story... I was speaking with an NFL exec about pass rushers & he told me that Mario Williams "begged us" to make an offer to him....
Lance Zierlein @LanceZierlein Offer he was looking for was AFTER being given an offer from the Bills. According to this exec, he was willing to take less from this team
Re: Mario Williams begged another team to offer him less than the Bills did
That has the pungeant odor of BS. If Mario wanted to solicit other offers, he had every opportunity to. Nix wasn't holding him at gunpoint at OBD (that we know of).
Re: Mario Williams begged another team to offer him less than the Bills did
I'm not sure it's far fetched. It just states that Mario took the most amount of money offered, Buffalo was not his desired destination but they threw buckets of money his way. Not that crazy. Wanted to maximize the amount of money he received, that's the bottom line.
Edit: It's not like he signed right away, took a few days to do so. While Nix didn't have him held at gunpoint he may have locked him in a closet. LOL
I'm not sure it's far fetched. It just states that Mario took the most amount of money offered, Buffalo was not his desired destination but they threw buckets of money his way. Not that crazy. Wanted to maximize the amount of money he received, that's the bottom line.
Edit: It's not like he signed right away, took a few days to do so. While Nix didn't have him held at gunpoint he may have locked him in a closet. LOL
That's the opposite of what it suggests. What it suggests is that Mario desperately wanted to go anywhere but Buffalo even after we buried him in money, but no one else in the league even tried to lowball him despite his begging. That's why it sounds like BS. If Mario really was willing to take less money to play anywhere but here, he could have easily walked away from Buffalo and continued visiting clubs. It's ridiculous to suggest that Buffalo was the only team that wanted him, even if he was openly offering to reduce his salary.
That's the opposite of what it suggests. What it suggests is that Mario desperately wanted to go anywhere but Buffalo even after we buried him in money, but no one else in the league even tried to lowball him despite his begging. That's why it sounds like BS. If Mario really was willing to take less money to play anywhere but here, he could have easily walked away from Buffalo and continued visiting clubs. It's ridiculous to suggest that Buffalo was the only team that wanted him, even if he was openly offering to reduce his salary.
He couldn't go to said team, because said team didn't want to offer even the lower amount. Lance Z updated.
@ChrisTrapasso They wouldn't offer less. Too cash strapped relative to what Mario wanted
Didn't have enough $ for Mario's demands, even if they were lower.
I just don't want to hear how he loved it here and all that other garbage he spewed. He signed for the $. Don't blame him really. I just thought it was funny as hell.
Edit: Also shows that we have to grossly overpay to get guys in FA, and that probably won't change until they actually put together a winning team.
Another nugget. Someone asked Lance if that was why his effort was poor, playing for money. His response;
That's the opposite of what it suggests. What it suggests is that Mario desperately wanted to go anywhere but Buffalo even after we buried him in money, but no one else in the league even tried to lowball him despite his begging. That's why it sounds like BS. If Mario really was willing to take less money to play anywhere but here, he could have easily walked away from Buffalo and continued visiting clubs. It's ridiculous to suggest that Buffalo was the only team that wanted him, even if he was openly offering to reduce his salary.
It was reported that the Titans really wanted Mario & that was brought up again just before the Bills Titans game.
Re: Mario Williams begged another team to offer him less than the Bills did
Too convenient considering the air of discontent about Mario right now. I think he would have kept looking if he didn't want to be here. What the hell is the difference between $90 million and $100 million if you don't want to be somewhere? Lance is probably being honest... its the exec who is full of it.
Re: Mario Williams begged another team to offer him less than the Bills did
I don't know what's worst, Mario's incompetence, or the many pointless threads about him.
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I'm not sure it's far fetched. It just states that Mario took the most amount of money offered, Buffalo was not his desired destination but they threw buckets of money his way. Not that crazy. Wanted to maximize the amount of money he received, that's the bottom line.
Edit: It's not like he signed right away, took a few days to do so. While Nix didn't have him held at gunpoint he may have locked him in a closet. LOL
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