Comments on: Texans plan to use Mario Williams at outside linebacker http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 14:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kwelch17 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1055103 Thu, 05 May 2011 22:52:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1055103 That’s funny how y’all think Wade Phillips is an idiot and a bad coach when he is one of the best defensive cordinaters in the NFL not a great Head Coach. Wait and see if it doesn’t work they can just put him back at DE what’s the big deal?

]]> By: hispanicks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1055046 Thu, 05 May 2011 22:17:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1055046 @sullybleedsgreen the idea is to improve the pass rush, which will ultimately improve the secondary. the 2 go hand in hand. Houston had one of the best run defenses in the league, that was only because qbs were lighting up the secondary too much to want to run..

]]> By: hispanicks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1055041 Thu, 05 May 2011 22:13:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1055041 mario is a gifted athlete, extremely gifted, nothing that ware can do that mario cant do, tenfold. this is one of those moves where an extremely talented player like mario will succeed. then you will see other teams trying to duplicate it with lesser talents and it wont work out..

]]> By: thephantomstranger http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054914 Thu, 05 May 2011 20:56:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054914 mrfahcue says:
May 5, 2011 3:29 PM
Phillips does not deserve any credit for being innovative. Hardly an original thought. Vikings did the same thing with Chris Doleman decades ago
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Actually, Doleman was drafted as a linebacker and then moved to DE.

]]> By: mrfahcue http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054789 Thu, 05 May 2011 19:29:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054789 Phillips does not deserve any credit for being innovative. Hardly an original thought. Vikings did the same thing with Chris Doleman decades ago

]]> By: sneaky1632 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054773 Thu, 05 May 2011 19:23:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054773 Their best bet is to trade him while he still has good value, cause once he struggles in the 3-4, which as sure as I’m sitting here he will do, his value will diminish.

]]> By: sullybleedsgreen http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054759 Thu, 05 May 2011 19:14:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054759 Maybe they should just stay in the 4-3 and let one of the league’s best DE’s play DE. Nah that wouldn’t make sense. I have no Idea why these teams keep switching back and forth between 3-4 and 4-3 defenses. Go with what fits your personel or if your whole defense sucks (Houston has good Linebackers and Mario Williams just a bad Secondary) they have an overhaul. Am I wrong or was it just that Houston’s secondary sucked last year? I don’t remember the front 7 being that bad.

]]> By: gregjennings85 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054748 Thu, 05 May 2011 19:09:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054748 I like it. Imagine a LT trying to stop Williams after he’s had a head start. Trouble for LTs.

]]> By: super1man http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054718 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:49:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054718 wow ok where do I start this isn’t news to anyone who follows the Texans second im sorry but wern’t the Texan’s defense historically bad just checking and im sorry, but are we getting everything out of mario williams? I think not and if you read the article they plan to stand him up on running downs and put his hand down on passing downs and may change it up. So before you comment read the damn article and remember the defense sucked last season so any change can’t be worse then it was last season.

]]> By: thefiesty1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054698 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:32:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054698 It won’t change much. Still end up 8-8.

]]> By: sterilizecromartie http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054694 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:27:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054694 Maybe they should play one of the leagues best DEs at the DE position.

Just a thought.

]]> By: wvuandsteelers http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054680 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:15:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054680 They are going to destroy this man’s career. Unfortunately, I saw a lot of teams in the draft taking what I thought were the wrong guys…4-3 teams taking 3-4 players (think Cam Jordan going to the Saints) and 3-4 teams taking 4-3 ends (think the Redskins taking Ryan Kerrigan or Von Miller going to the Broncos).

]]> By: andyreidisfat http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054669 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:58:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054669 Watch cowboys tape. Ware is almost never asked to drop back ….. in fact he’s probably asked to drop about as much as any DE in 4-3 does in the league.

I am not sure how this will work out for Williams, but with the rest of the line backers this is a great move. As bad a head coach Phillips is he is a GREAT DC. Dallas has had a great defense the whole time he was there.

The guy williams reminds me most of is Ware. And i saw how Wade used him and I just think this will work out well. From the OLB spot williams is going to be almost impossible to stop coming around the edge with his speed and power and the time to get a motion going before contact …. thats scary. If i played against them though i would just put my TE over williams at all times witch may make the guy who gets the other side a good sack year as far as numbers go especially if its Reed… that guy is the next Mathews kinda guy (though not as physically gifted as Mathews, but then again no one is)

I am not a Texans fan but I for one will be routing for them this and every year till they make the playoffs. Those fans are great and they deserve a winner already (plus i have a bit of a man crush on Johnson, whata beast)

]]> By: uwsptke http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054664 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:49:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054664 This may not be the popular opinion in Houston, but people who are playing the “he won’t be asked to cover” card really have no idea what they’re talking about, or are trying to rationalize their fears as best they can. Packer fans were fed the same line of BS about Kampman when Capers was hired. “He runs a hybrid, not a true 3-4″ was commonplace at the time, but I never remember seeing Kampman with his hand on the ground unless it was short yardage. They did their best to minimize his exposure in coverage, but he was still exploited because asking a natural DE to play in that king of space is asking for trouble. The whole point of pass overage in a 3-4 is that you don’t know where the pressure is coming from. Well, it’s pretty obvious who will be rushing in this scenario.

What I’d really be worried about if I were a Texans fan is if you are going to roll with Williams and Brooks Reed as your OLB’s, you better hope you get to the QB because your pass defense will be even more horrendous. Neither of those guys are going to be able to cover.

3=4 defenses are installed first and foremost to stop the run and make your opponent one-dimensional, but the Texans were constantly shredded through the air. I’m not sure how this makes their pass defense better.

]]> By: gdeli http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054661 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:46:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054661 “we’re gonna have to sick that animal mario on them”…haha…quick change the movie bill murray. funny stuff.

]]> By: atdawntheysleep http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054645 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:33:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054645 Dumb idea.

]]> By: killxswitch http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054644 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:32:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054644 Super Mario is a pretty fit and athletic 290 so if he can drop 10-15 lbs I’m sure he’ll do fine. He won’t be covering anybody. But can he drop that weight and still maintain his strength? It will be difficult.

]]> By: dbellina http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054642 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:30:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054642 Well it worked for Tamba Hali.

]]> By: steeelfann http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054640 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:29:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054640 I dunno about being the biggest linebacker in NFL history.

Levon Kirkland was pushing 300 pounds and would still smother the tight end down field. Guy was a wrecking machine.

]]> By: tinbender2000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054633 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:24:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054633 I’m impressed with all the folks posting here that know so much more than Wade Phillips does about defense. That’s why you all do … well, whatever it is you do for a living, right?

]]> By: islandjag http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054624 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:18:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054624 Sweet!

]]> By: sf69ers http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054623 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:17:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054623 Remember lasy year when Peppers was crying to play in a 3-4 defense? Well Chicago quited him with a boatload of money. The league is switching to the 3-4 defense to counter the passing attacks. Mario getting to cover more ground, and with his athleticism at 6-7 in passing lanes, watch out!

]]> By: tomwill21 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054619 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:13:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054619 Super Mario standing up? Advantage everyone else…

]]> By: raider316 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054615 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:08:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054615 They might not plan to make him cover but you can damn sure other teams will scheme to make him do just that.

]]> By: CKL http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054610 Thu, 05 May 2011 17:06:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054610 I dunno…might turn out fine depending on Mario’s football IQ.
I remember thinking”OH SH**” when Saban got hired in Mia because I thought the first thing he will do is make JT a 3-4 OLB sometimes as if JT hadn’t already killed the Pats on a regular basis. It worked great unfortunately because JT is not only athletic but intelligent. Williams is a little thicker than JT but it could work. One thing I will say for Wade…he sux as a HC but he’s a good DC.

]]> By: calhounlambeau http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054599 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:58:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054599 Actually read the article about where he fits in the scheme based on ths situation, idiots…

]]> By: calhounlambeau http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054598 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:56:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054598 Actually read the article about where he fits in the scheme, idiots…

]]> By: myeaglescantwin http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054597 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:55:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054597 how isnt wade an idiot coach??

get real.. and you dont stand up a beast like Mario.. you let him sit right in front of a tackle and let him beast hime for 4 quarters..

this guy dominates the entire side of an offense of line. beaster

]]> By: barneyrumble http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054590 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:49:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054590 As a Colts fan, I don’t like this at all. Why doesn’t Wade Phillips mind his own business and leave the Texans D alone. It has been fine just the way it is.

]]> By: chino1985 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/05/texans-plan-to-use-mario-williams-at-outside-linebacker/#comment-1054587 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:48:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129294#comment-1054587 lets get one thing correct right away. regardless of how good Mario Williams is, he is no demarcus ware. he’s not athletic enough to get off blocks and chase rb’s sidleine to sideline.

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