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Mario Williams – October 19, 2016 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Defensive End Mario Williams

(How did you think you performed in the last game?) – “The situation and the offense maintained the ball very well. The time of possession was good. With the few plays that I was out there, it could have been better. With more plays, have more of a rhythm. But the situation at hand is the situation.”

(What was it like for you to not start the ball game on the field?) – “I mean, that was different. But at the same time, what I’m asked to do is what I’m asked to do. You just go out there and play and try to capitalize on the opportunities you get.”

(What is it like for you to go against your former team this week?) – “For me, it’s another opportunity just to play football, do what you love and go out there and play. It’ll be great to finally play against the guys live for the first time. I still have a lot of friendships and communication with those guys, so I’m sure it will be interesting.”

(Is there any extra motivation since you’re playing Buffalo this week?) – “No. The only motivation each and every week that I deal with is simply having the opportunity and the blessing to be out there on Sunday.”

(What kind of a gut punch is it for arguably one of the best defensive guys to possibly be out in Reshad [Jones]?) – “With his leadership and everything, that’s definitely something that’s going to be hard to replace. But you know, we have to step up. In situations in the NFL, things like this occur, anywhere across the board. So, it’s something that we all have to deal with and we all have to make adjustments for.”

(Is there any air you’d like to clear about your time in Buffalo and how it ended? Is there anything you’d like to say?) – “No. No, because I’m here. I’m in Miami and that’s not something that I speak about.”

(Do you expect to be still coming off the bench this week?) – “I have no idea. Like I said, it’s just whatever the coaches say as far as schematically or the amount of plays or whatever. That’s not my call on that part.”

(Coach said last week that changing the starting defensive ends is partly because you got gashed by Tennessee. Do you look at this as a challenge, not starting? Obviously not starting is unusual for you in your career. Do you look at it as a challenge as I got to get better?) – “By all means, I’ve got to get better regardless. Not even talking about the fact of that, I’ve just got to get better. I think that each and every one of us has to do the same in order for us to get to where we want to be at. Each and every one of us, we still has a lot of work to do, we still have a lot of rhythm to catch up with situations in the pass game, run game and whatnot. I think everybody will say the same thing.”

(Was the news of not starting a shock initially?) – “No, I had already talked … That had been … it’s an open locker room for us. We had already talked about different ways to get guys sparked or get guys going, try to manage snaps and things like that. The first five games were pretty heavy on the defense as far as the amount of snaps and things like that, so no, that wasn’t a surprise.”

(Who would you say is one or two of your closest friends on the Buffalo Bills?) – “Probably Jerry (Hughes).

(Which guy?) – “Jerry Hughes.”

(What do you guys have to do to get LeSean McCoy stopped because he seems to be going on a tear right now?) – “The biggest thing with him is, obviously he’s a great athlete. He makes plays all over the field, no matter where it’s at. I think the biggest thing is the more hats to the ball, the better chance you have to minimize … You’re not going to stop an athlete like that completely. It’s very rare. If you don’t bring guys to it, he’s going to do it more often than you want. So, I think the biggest thing for us is that we all have to have those extra hustle plays.”

(You didn’t want to talk to the Bills media this week?) – “I didn’t?”

(They asked for you on the conference call. It never got to you?) – “I’ve got a good filter, I guess. (laughter) I never got (that).”

(I didn’t know if you knew it happened) – “I know now. No, I didn’t know.”

(I just figured you put it behind you, if that was part of the decision) – “It would have been but I didn’t know. I really didn’t know that one.”

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