Mario Williams who was the prized piece of the defense players in the NFL free agency and he is heading to Buffalo to join the Bills as he will be much needed piece on the Bills defense as a pass rusher and could easily the best pass rusher since HOFer and the all-time sack leader in NFL history Bruce Smith left Buffalo in free agency in 1999 and still has way more sacks than any other Bills players with 171 sacks as a Bill. Mario Williams is getting a 6 year/100 million dollars with 50 million dollars signing bonus and he has only played 18 games over the last two seasons and has 13.5 sacks over that time and played 5 games last season and collected 5 sacks. He had some interesting injuries like a torn chest muscle last seasons and then missed the first 3 games because of a sports hernia but then U look at his first 4 seasons in the NFL played all 64 games that the Texans played and collected 39.5 sacks over those four seasons.
Getting a defensive end was the most pressing need of all for the Buffalo Bills was a pass rusher for a long long time with it hitting rock bottom this past season they had only 29 sacks with 10 of them being in a game against the Skins and it was not even a game in US because it was the Toronto, Ontario, Canada game. So it is a big risk bringing in Williams but money is simply money as contracts are not guaranteed but it will be interesting to see how much pressure Williams will get on the quarterback and what kind of space he will open up for all the other defensive linemen as he will be doubled teamed which will leave a guy unblocked. This move should also help them with their run defense as it will help free up a player to make the tackle and better the team going forward.
Now the Bills can look at their other holes in the team like the offensive line going into the 2012 season
Tom Mehegan
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