BILLS RELEASE PASS-RUSHING VETERAN WILLIAMS
The Buffalo Bills have released 11year veteran and four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Mario Wil
liams, the team announced Tuesday. Williams, who expressed his disappointment at several points last season with his role in the defensive scheme, was due a roster bonus of $2.5 million at the start of the new league year. Buffalo saves $14.5 million in cash and $12.9 million in cap space with Williams’ release. Williams routinely dropped back into coverage this season and saw his sack total drop from 141⁄ in
2 2014 — his only year as an all-pro — to five in the first year of coach
Rex Ryan’s tenure with the team. Williams had signed a sixyear, $96 million deal with the Bills in March 2012. He was the No. 1 overall pick by the Houston Texans in 2005.