Falcons_own_nfc_south Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The Bills' contract offer to free agent DE/OLB Mario Williams would make him the highest-paid defensive player in the league, a source tells the Buffalo News.The offer eclipses the six-year, $91.5 million contract with $42 million guaranteed that Julius Peppers got from the Bears in 2010. If Williams walks away from the Bills, it won't be because of money. Thursday marks Williams' third day in Buffalo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 it says the offer is HIGHER than the 6 years, 91.5M, 42M guaranteed that Peppers got.I would pass at that price. You get maybe a top10 pass rusher, for the price of the best defensive player ever. no thanks.All the Mario fanatics just need to step back and think if you would be pleased with him giving you 12 sacks a season for 15M+ per season.This place would be in an uproar every season he didnt have 15+ sacks.....which was every year of his career so far BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDogg1215 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) why do you have 3 threads on the same thing ........ Edited March 15, 2012 by NateDogg1215 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons_own_nfc_south Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 TATF was giving some kinda issue... I apologize... hopefully, MODE can delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 i figured it was a board issue...no worries man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysnill1 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 if he hasn't signed by now, then it's obvious that Mario DOESN'T want to sign with the Bills. guess nobody else is biting lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDogg1215 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 im happy that we are able to sign some of our key guys, but i was hoping wed go after super mario. We gotta shore up the pass rush. Been a problem too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rai Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 ridiculous. way over paying. they could get someone cheaper and be just as effective with the stellar DT pair they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 yeah, Buffalo should go the IND route and get two speed rushers.....they could probably add Mark Anderson and Kamerion Wimbley or John Abraham for half the price of Mario! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Exploder Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 it says the offer is HIGHER than the 6 years, 91.5M, 42M guaranteed that Peppers got.I would pass at that price. You get maybe a top10 pass rusher, for the price of the best defensive player ever. no thanks.All the Mario fanatics just need to step back and think if you would be pleased with him giving you 12 sacks a season for 15M+ per season.This place would be in an uproar every season he didnt have 15+ sacks.....which was every year of his career so far BTW.He's worth the money. We just don't have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 He's worth the money. We just don't have it.well, it is starting to look like nobody outside of Buffalo thinks he is worth that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient raptor Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Player salaries are totally out of hand. No athelete in any sport is worth that kind of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYD Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 For + 15 million a year you can forget it. The guy is not worth 1+ million a sack. I'd like him hear as he would be a great long term replacement for Abe but not for that much money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Exploder Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 well, it is starting to look like nobody outside of Buffalo thinks he is worth that money.Well, there are quite a few teams waiting on Peyton Manning to make his decision also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Well, there are quite a few teams waiting on Peyton Manning to make his decision also.the difference is, 12 teams contacted Manning the day he became available. Manning has visited 4 of them. He is in high demand. HE narrowed the field to 4 teams.Mario visited just Buffalo...now he is sitting there hoping for another team to call. Nobody but Buffalo is willing to pay him that money if you ask me. There is no reason to be there 3 days without signing if you want to play there. IMO, he is stalling while his agent tries to find more suitors...they just arent there at that price. I would be willing to bet BUF offered at least 20% more than other eams would be willing to give. If Atlanta (or another team in a good location) matched the offer, he would sign the day he arrived likely.The guy has a career high of 14 sacks,5 years ago. Has been injured 2 straight years. I think that paired with the deal he wants is why Mario is sitting in a hotel in Buffalo right now waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizu_7 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Whoa! talk about pinning hopes to one guy, I mean he's good but I don't know that he changes a game like CJ, I'd rather have that young guy on the texans that replaced him ... HOU is smart in all this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Exploder Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 the difference is, 12 teams contacted Manning the day he became available. Manning has visited 4 of them. He is in high demand. HE narrowed the field to 4 teams.Mario visited just Buffalo...now he is sitting there hoping for another team to call. Nobody but Buffalo is willing to pay him that money if you ask me. There is no reason to be there 3 days without signing if you want to play there. IMO, he is stalling while his agent tries to find more suitors...they just arent there at that price. I would be willing to bet BUF offered at least 20% more than other eams would be willing to give.The guy has a career high of 14 sacks,5 years ago. Has been injured 2 straight years. I think that paired with the deal he wants is why Mario is sitting in a hotel in Buffalo right now waiting.I'm sure he's had tons of teams calling him. The Buffalo thing is a stunt if you ask me to drive up his price tag. I think it's realistic, but he's obviously courting himself and playing hard to get. Also, the guy has been more productive than most of the dominant DE's at this point in his career. He's still young, he's huge, he's a 3 down player, and he's one of the most athletic defensive linemen in the game. He's just starting to hit his prime and the sky is the limit for him. He's not getting hyped for no reason. Go compare him to Julius Peppers and Jared Allen's first few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 These numbers surely were leaked by Mario's agent.I theorize that Mario really does not want to go to Buffalo but during phone calls, Buffalo was the only one that seemed to go as high as Mario and his agent wanted to go.The theory continues that Mario would "scare" the other interested teams by going on trip to Buffalo and staying there - meanwhile, Tennessee has bowed out and put on hold because of Manning sweepstakes - Chicago and Houston probably won't meet Buffalo's price.....Mario probably sucks it up today and signs with Buffalo - living richly in a Cold Yankee town on a team that the NFL forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 if he hasn't signed by now, then it's obvious that Mario DOESN'T want to sign with the Bills. guess nobody else is biting lolYeah Mario is in a helluva mess. He is embarrassing himself at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 i just did look, because i have never compared before.here is the unbiased look at the first 5 years of Peppers and Allen compared to Mario as you mentioned. I did not think Peppers was worth it at the time either FYI. (either did TD since he said he called, but said 'no thanks' after hearing he price)Allen : 57.5 sacks,16 FF, 1 INTPeppers: 53.5 sacks, 17 FF, 3 INTWilliams: 48.5 sacks, 10 FF, 0 INTRegarding the comment on teams calling Mario....I am sure plenty of teams called. But then when they heard he wanted Peppers money they didint call back. Manning in comparison has 4 teams willing to pay whatever he wants....and others that were also likely willing, but he was not interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsd56 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 These numbers surely were leaked by Mario's agent.I theorize that Mario really does not want to go to Buffalo but during phone calls, Buffalo was the only one that seemed to go as high as Mario and his agent wanted to go.The theory continues that Mario would "scare" the other interested teams by going on trip to Buffalo and staying there - meanwhile, Tennessee has bowed out and put on hold because of Manning sweepstakes - Chicago and Houston probably won't meet Buffalo's price.....Mario probably sucks it up today and signs with Buffalo - living richly in a Cold Yankee town on a team that the NFL forgot.That all sounds about reasonable.If he leaves today with no contract he is going to probably settle for 20% less then that contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofEuphoria Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Mario probably sucks it up today and signs with Buffalo - living richly in a Cold Yankee town on a team that the NFL forgot.That's harsh, man.He will never come close to sniffing a superbowl in Buffalo either. Maybe not even a division crown. Nothing.Just a waste of talent and money on a team that needs at least 20 other pieces in order to see any success.Real talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I don't think Mario's going to sign in Buffalo. I think he probably understands that there isn't a whole lot he can buy with 91 million dollars that he can't buy with 70 million dollars.And there is absolutely no reason to want to play in Buffalo other than money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM12 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 this may be the telling headline of what not to do in FA.Buffalo gives the house and keys to Super Mario, Mario gets 11 sacks, the Bills improve to a top 5 D... Fitzpatrick still sucks, they don't make the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD: Objective Elite Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Whoa! talk about pinning hopes to one guy, I mean he's good but I don't know that he changes a game like CJ, I'd rather have that young guy on the texans that replaced him ... HOU is smart in all this.Nice avatar...+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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