Sporting News article on Mario

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Yeah, that Merriman. I've seen him explode (the stats are irrelevant here). I haven't seen Mario explode (yet, hopefully).

Merriman is faster, and quicker than Mario....Are you expecting Mario to be the same type of athlete as Merriman??? If so, then you will forever be dissapointed...That's like comparing Merrimans athleticism to Reggie Bush's...How about comparing him to someone he is similar to....That's not even fair...But it's better than comparing him to Merriman...

 

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I think some people forget how big Mario is...The things that he can do at his size is scary...We understand that he doesn't have the best technique, and that he doesn't understand it all mentally yet...but you can't write the guy off after two games...

 

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Hey guy's, the writer is simply stating the fact that Mario Williams isn't "quick". And from what I've seen, it's not like I can say otherwise. Can any of you guys say that you've seen Mario Williams being "quick" like a Freeny or a Jason Taylor? And come to think of it, his college highlights mosly show him using his arms to get off of lineman, not necessarily his speed. He was just a huge guy who shoved people out of his way. Doesn't look like he's going to do that in the NFL...

Right now he does look like a slow player, and that's not really good considering pretty much every good DE in the league is super-quick. That's just not something that can be learned.

I know I know. "Give it time." And it definitely looks like I'm going to give him a lot of time as it doesn't look like we're going anywhere this season. But right now you can't tell me his lack of quickness off the ball is not a concern. He needs to be more than just a "control" DE. He needs to get to the QB. But yes, I will give him time to settle in. Not every player plays the same way, so we're all hoping Mario can grow into his own.

 

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Hey guy's, the writer is simply stating the fact that Mario Williams isn't "quick". And from what I've seen, it's not like I can say otherwise. Can any of you guys say that you've seen Mario Williams being "quick" like a Freeny or a Jason Taylor? And come to think of it, his college highlights mosly show him using his arms to get off of lineman, not necessarily his speed. He was just a huge guy who shoved people out of his way. Doesn't look like he's going to do that in the NFL...

Right now he does look like a slow player, and that's not really good considering pretty much every good DE in the league is super-quick. That's just not something that can be learned.

I know I know. "Give it time." And it definitely looks like I'm going to give him a lot of time as it doesn't look like we're going anywhere this season. But right now you can't tell me his lack of quickness off the ball is not a concern. He needs to be more than just a "control" DE. He needs to get to the QB. But yes, I will give him time to settle in. Not every player plays the same way, so we're all hoping Mario can grow into his own.

So are you trying to lead us to believe that the only way for a DE to be successful is to be cat quick???...BWAAAHAHAHAAAA....Some of the better DE's of all time were built in the Mario Mold......just because he isn't "like" Freeney, or "like" Joe Blow, doesn't mean he can't be successful....Is Strahan "like" Freeneny ?? What about Reggie White...or Bruce Smith??? Go back and watch the film if you can...then judge whether or not he's quick.....................................He's not as quick as freeney...and ????