Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams is paid a lot of money to rush the quarterback. He can't get after quarterbacks, however, if he's retreating away from them.
This makes perfect sense, but sometimes coaches can overthink things. Williams thinks the Bills' defensive coaches are doing just that.
After the Bills' home loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, in which the pass rush was a non-factor, Williams had some pointed criticisms about how he's being used in the scheme of Rex Ryan and his staff.
"I think I probably set a record on dropping today," Williams told the Buffalo News' Tyler Dunne. "Whatever’s called you have to go do it.”
Williams didn't outright rip the staff, saying, "If that’s what as a team we believe is going to win games then I’m all for it." Williams is a smart veteran. He can get his point across without throwing a grenade.
Williams has just two sacks this season, after three straight seasons of double-digit sacks. The Bills' strength should be their defensive line rushing the passer, and Williams should be a big part of that.
"I feel like the three guys you said including myself being four," Williams said, "a lot is put on our shoulders as far as the amount given out to players on this team as far as income, I would assume those four guys a lot would be on their shoulders to get after the quarterback, stop the run and be disruptive. Like I said, if the call is three man this or that, one way or the other, dropping, things like that, that’s the call.”
Ryan seemed to acknowledge that something needs to change, saying after the game that the staff will "have to take a hard look at what we're asking these guys to do," according to Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News.
That makes sense. Ryan always has a fierce defense, the Bills have a lot of defensive talent, but it's not clicking as well as it should be yet.
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