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Mario Williams – December 20, 2016 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Defensive End Mario Williams

(What feelings have been running through your head going up to Buffalo?) – “Win the game. That’s the biggest thing. We need to win one game at a time, no matter who the opponents are. I’m not the type of person to be hooting and hollering about anything else other than us winning the game.”

(Have you gotten comfortable with your role with this team yet?) – “Yes. Well, not really in the sense of: I’m used to being completely healthy and not having hiccups like that but it comes with the territory. It comes with the NFL. A lot of people have been asking what’s going on with my body, ankle, foot or whatever. I don’t want to know, so I can’t give anybody an answer. With the way things are going, the team is playing great. We definitely could be better. We’re definitely not satisfied with anything we’re doing until (it’s) 100 percent; but the biggest thing I can say is the camaraderie. It’s my 11th year (in the NFL) and I’ve never experienced anywhere in my 10 years. The biggest thing for me is just being able to go out there and just do what I can. The coaches, trainers, everybody knows the situation and what’s going on. So I just have to go out there and try to push it.”

(What makes this different, or this atmosphere different compared to the other 11 years?) – “That right there [players having a good time in the locker room]. You have guys that have fun, don’t get me wrong. Then you have guys, or teams with guys, that don’t have fun. But this, everything we do is fun. You’re into it. You look forward to playing for this coach, that coach, whatever – this player, that player. It’s not just two players, five players, 20 players. I can account for probably at least 35, 45 or 53, which is what you need. I think that’s why the feeling is so different, because everybody’s always around, besides guys who might have surgeries who aren’t around here. But everybody is … We’re all in it.”

(Is that why … this staff has made some pretty tough decisions throughout the year and veteran guys might be like ‘Dang,’ but everybody has accepted it) – “Yes, because I know at the end of the day I can trust ‘Coach T’ (Defensive Line Coach Terrell Williams), ‘V.J.’ (Defensive Coordinator Vance Joseph) and (Head Coach Adam) Gase. My biggest thing is that they are understanding. It’s one of those things that you have communication or a talk with somebody and you feel like, ‘Alright, I don’t understand what he’s saying. Or he doesn’t understand what I’m saying.’ But it’s just totally different. Across the board everybody is 100 and straight up with what’s going on in the situations. I think that’s why, not just myself, but a lot of guys are understanding how everything is rotating around and how things are going.”

(Do you think it might feel strange at all walking into that stadium on Saturday as a member of the visiting team?) – “It could be. I’d probably go into another locker in the situation, or another locker room. I’ve never even seen that (visiting) locker room; but other than that, like I said, just like everybody else and myself, we just want to win this one game. That’s all that really matters. There’s nothing else that can tie into it.”

(What can you do to improve the season that you’re having?) – “I’ve just got to keep pushing. At the end of the day, like I was saying earlier, I don’t know what’s what physically with the situation. I don’t want to know because I don’t want to be thinking about it more or whatever. But I’m just trying to find a way. That’s the biggest thing. Just keep pushing, just keep going. We’ve tried different things, obviously – not playing,  playing. I’ve just got to keep going. Otherwise, it’s the end of it.”

(Did they ever think about maybe shutting you down?) – “I did. I didn’t play … What game was that?”

(I meant for the season.) – “No. I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to do that. No matter what – the role or whatever – right now, I don’t want to … No, I don’t want to just bail out of that because … No, I’m not going to do that.”

(How do you rate your satisfaction level right now? Is it where the team success is the overriding thing?) – “Regardless, it is. You can ask me that any season if you were with me, it wouldn’t matter. I’m not a stat guy, personally. It could be … You could say I have a great year this year. You could say I had a bad year or whatever. If I had a good year and we won one game, that’s what matters. I’ve always said that. Stats are definitely somewhat representative of situations, but the atmosphere and what’s going on, that’s the most important thing.”

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