Gailey On Signing: Chan Gailey called Mario Williams a piece of the puzzle. He said he told Mario not to feel the pressure of having to be an unbelievable entity of the football team. He just wants him to go do what he does and they will be a better football team. He feels the front office did an unbelievable job and they are one step closer to where they want to be. They now need to go out and do it. He feels they have got a lot better and improved the pass rush tremendously in the last 45 minutes. Williams role is to go out and produce on the field to help them win a championship not to get up and be a talker. He was the guy he wanted since he was the top guy available.

Nix Introduces Williams: Buddy Nix started the press conference that started over two hours late due to contract details. He said it was a long two days but it was worth the wait. He thanked Ralph Wilson for spending the money and said it has always been the owners philosophy to spend the money when they needed to and he proved that again. He also thanked Russ Brandon and Jim Overdorf for helping get the deal done. He also thanks the coaches and the fans. He said they made him feel like he was wanted in Buffalo thanks to all the signs. Nix said Mario was the number one guy o their free agent board since day one. He said it has been fun since it turned out right. He feels this signing will help in the recruiting of other players since half of it is the area and the other half is football. This signing doesn't change their philosophy of building through the draft. Nix said they did what they said they would do about going after a game changer at a position of need. He said he told the media they would be done with free agency on Friday he said half jokingly they may be out of the free agency business now after you have seen Mario's contract.

Williams Talks: Mario Williams spoke to the media and immediately thanked Mr. Wilson. He said he is so excited to come to Buffalo. He said once he got there he saw everything the great city has to offer like seeing his name on signs and pizza. It really got the message across that he was wanted. He saw the endless possibilities of what they are trying to do. The great guys in the front office sold him immediately. He said you don't get that many chances to be the guy that comes in and helps get them over the hump and that is what he is there to do. He called it a great opportunity to succeed for the fans of the city and he is ecstatic and is ready to get out there and make things happen. He said he's tired after the long couple of days but it's worth it. He feels the love and commaradrie with his teammates and the coaches. He sees the bond in Buffalo and can't wait to get started. He said the comfort level that surrounded him when he got there from the players and coaches and especially Jim Kelly, who was at the press conference, who did some heavy recruiting talking about the hunting in the area. Everything he heard about the city that was negative is not fair he sees that already and knows people there have his back. Having Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus here was a huge reason for him coming here. Everyone has been a great help in helping him adjust to what life will be like in Buffalo. When he looked around he was ready to come here before talking about numbers. He loves that there are deer in your backyard here. It feels a lot like where he grew up. He said the reason he came to Buffalo first was because he had never been there but had been to other cities. 50% if his decision was based on the area and 50% was based on football and he was comfortable in Buffalo to sign. The only pressure he feels is to succeed as a team.

Williams Signed! The Bills have signed Mario Williams after two long days of negotiations. The team will not disclose the terms but reports say it's a six year deal worth $96 Million with $51 Million guaranteed. We will have snippets from the press conference at 1:45pm as it happens.

Deal Close? Several reports now say that a deal is close between the Bills and Mario Williams. Adam Schefter reports that the Bills have met most of the conditions and they are close to a deal. The deal should be finalized soon according to several sources. Joe Buscaglia of WGR says there has been a lot of stirring around One Bills Drive late this morning. Drayton Florence tweeted that the deal is basically are done and they are just working on logistics and family stuff. Florence says it's about an 80% chance that he signs today. He has reportedly inquired about buying a house already.

Mario Watch Day 3: Today is the third and hopefully final day of the Mario Williams watch. He remained in Buffalo last night according to the team and there were conflicting reports on whether or not he was at the Sabres game where fans were chanting his name. His agent texted to AP that talks are continuing. He is due back at One Bills Drive this morning with a rumored visit with another team also scheduled for today if he doesn't finalize his deal with the Bills.

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