The Mario Williams Support Thread

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by JCBRAVE, Feb 24, 2012.

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Do you support the team giving up close to 2/3 of their $30M for Mario Williams

  1. Yes

    23 vote(s)
    46.9%

  2. No

    26 vote(s)
    53.1%
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  1. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Okay so here we have yet another thread dedicated to Mario Williams, however this thread wont be to discuss why we could or couldn't acquire him, this thread will be a poll to see if you do or don't support the idea of giving up 2/3 of our available cap space to land one of this decades best free agents. It's not very often a guy of Mario's magnitude become available in the prime of their career.

    Some notable free agents to sign elsewhere
    2004 Warren Sapp agreed to terms on a seven-year, $36.6M contract with Oakland.
    2006 John Abraham agreed to terms on a six-year, $45M deal with Atlanta.
    2009 Albert Haynesworth signed a seven-year $100 million deal in Washington.
    2010 Julius Peppers signed a six-year deal worth $91.5 million with Chicago.

    When our team has had money to spend, we've spent it. In 2006 we shelled out close to $90M in contracts inking up David Thornton, David Givens, Kevin Mawae, and Chris Hope. So we do shop when things fit. Mario Williams fit's our 4-3 scheme perfect.
     
    #1 JCBRAVE, Feb 24, 2012
  4. Alzarius

    Alzarius Pro Bowler Tip Jar Donor

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    1/2 maybe... 2/3.... never.
     
    #2 Alzarius, Feb 24, 2012
  7. xpmar9x

    xpmar9x The Real Slim Shady

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    I would. Mario would transform the defense. He'd take double teams, still get pressure, open it up for Casey, Morgan, Klug, etc... which would improve our secondary. Plus we have young guns McCarthy & Ayers ready to lead our LB core.

    If we can follow up with re-signing Babs and getting Scott Wells (which we'd still have money for) we'd be set. We'd need to draft 1 more safety (1st or 2nd round), another DE/DT (1st-4th round), guard (3rd-5th round), and a CB (1st-4th round) for depth.
     
    #3 xpmar9x, Feb 24, 2012
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  10. Titans2004

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    I voted no because the contract can be worked in such a way that it shouldn't cost us a cap hit of 20mil to sign him.

    We should be able to work out a contract that gives us a cap hit of around 14mil each yr and guarantees him 40mil over the life of the contract.

    I do think that we should take the chance on him and roll the brinks truck up to his house. If would not go stupid money and if he wants 20mil a yr then forget about it.

    I still think we should switch to the 3-4 because I think it is more effective at stopping the run and creating pressure on the QB and in the long run can be cheaper from a cap standpoint.
     
    #4 Titans2004, Feb 24, 2012
  13. tnfan47

    tnfan47 Let's Get It

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    I support it. Let's seal up our DL problems now that we have a chance with a well-known dominant player. DB's come a dime a dozen and I'm sure we'll be able to fix those issues with the draft.
     
    #5 tnfan47, Feb 24, 2012
  16. Alex1939

    Alex1939 Space Invaders Champion

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    I don't support paying him $20 million a year.
     
    #6 Alex1939, Feb 24, 2012
  19. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    I realize you take a huge risk putting all your eggs in one basket, but Mario isn't injury prone, he's played in 86% of Houston's games the past 6 years.

    Before signing a monster deal with the Bears, Julius Peppers played in 95% of the games for the Panthers.

    If we can first get him in to discuss terms, we can use that very fact as a negotiating point to lower his asking price.
     
    #7 JCBRAVE, Feb 24, 2012
  22. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    It won't be $20M, I did say "close to 2/3"
     
    #8 JCBRAVE, Feb 24, 2012
  25. Deuce Wayne

    Deuce Wayne NOW Y'ALL GET THE MESSICH?!

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    He's not THAT great.

    Never was. Never will be.

    Guy is still living off hype.. it's amazing to me.
     
    #9 Deuce Wayne, Feb 24, 2012
  28. ScotTitan

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    What he said.
     
    #10 ScotTitan, Feb 24, 2012
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