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Orchard Park, N.Y. — One of the Buffalo Bills' first orders of business this offseason was releasing underperforming defensive end Mario Williams.

Williams quickly found another home with the Miami Dolphins, who handed him a two-year, $17 million contract. However, Williams hasn't lived up to the deal. He has just one sack in six games and played just 13 of the Dolphins' 55 defensive snaps in their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 16.
"We've made some changes, we're moving some guys around, trying to find the best lineup for what we're doing," Dolphins coach Adam Gase said in a conference call with Buffalo media. "We cut back some of his snaps to try to make sure we use him as efficient as possible and put him in on some situations that are more pass down emphasis. Just trying to make sure when he's able to go it's full go. We've had a lot of snaps on defense leading up to and in this last game. We were averaging like 75 plays a game on defense and guys were playing a lot against the run. Between Mario and J.J. they were getting pounded on pretty good and I think it finally had caught up to us in terms of those guys taking so many snaps."
In his final season in Buffalo, Williams questioned Rex Ryan's scheme while some of his teammates openly questioned his effort. So is Gase happy with Williams' effort in Miami so far?
"He's done a good job in practice and there's been a lot of positives coming out of training camp and through the beginning of the season," Gase said. "I think some of our issues as far as what's happening on defense is we've done such a poor job on offense. We've left those guys out on the field. When you're taking on the blockers that they are the amount of times they are, I think our guys got worn down a little earlier than what we needed to. Last week we were just trying to get some fresh bodies going to try to get these guys back to being as healthy as possible and fresh as possible.
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http://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffa...xplains_mario_williams_decrease_in_snaps.html
 
He is washed up and just does not care anymore. Needs to retire. Another doozy by Tannebaum
 
In other words here Mario take some light duty this week before the bills game. Stay fresh and then go out and shove It up rexs ass!!!
 
Like someone else on here said, if Mario doesn't show up this week then we know he's just collecting a paycheck and either doesn't care or he's just done. At that point it would be best just to cut him and stop wasting time.
 
he showed up pretty well against seattle after that it's been all downhill
 
datruth55 said:
Like someone else on here said, if Mario doesn't show up this week then we know he's just collecting a paycheck and either doesn't care or he's just done. At that point it would be best just to cut him and stop wasting time.
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Yeah i remember seeing that post and I agree if this doesn't give him motivation than nothing will
 
i think you'll get his best effort this weekend in a revenge game, but after that i'd expect more of what we've seen most of the season.
 
Dolph N.Fan said:
No explanation needed. He sucks
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He doesn't suck, in fact he's extremely talented. I think he's just old, unmotivated....what does a guy like that have to play for on a team like this? I say that with all due respect to the Dolphins, but Mario has already BEEN paid, a lot...and he earned that money. But at this point in his career I'm not surprised he was fresh and motivated for his week 1 debut....after that it's all mundane repetition.

I expect he'll be a force to be reckoned with against the Bills...why not? Extra curricular motivation from his standpoint...Rex Ryan is someone I'm sure he'd like to spite. Wouldn't be surprised if he has multiple sacks....and that may be just what we need to win this week. From there on it's probably best to limit his snaps, get inside his head and do your best to get him angry for the limited amount of plays he's on the field.
 
Mario isn't even a shell of the player he once was. He's slow and looks disinterested. He gets out of position and misses tackles all the damn time.

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I get so damn sick of these guys who just suck up a big paycheck and don't produce or act like they give a damn.
 
For the 1st pick, I don't think he EVER lived up to expectations. He was never something "special." He was a decent player...but that is about it. Now, he does just sucks...
 
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Blackcreekbandit said:
In other words here Mario take some light duty this week before the bills game. Stay fresh and then go out and shove It up rexs ass!!!
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If he's not motivated for this game then nothing will motivate him. A lackluster effort on his part should lead to a release Monday morning so we can get someone out there who still wants to compete.
 
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