Chris Kelsay took the unusual step Monday of calling out his own Buffalo Bills teammates for not putting in the necessary effort.
Mario Williams -- in the first year of a record-setting $96 million contract -- hasn't faced any accusations to that effect, but there's no hiding the fact he's not producing near what's expected of him. Williams has 16 tackles and 3.5 sacks through seven games.
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Williams hasn't been shy about the lingering wrist injury he's dealt with most of the season. He discussed it again after Buffalo's tough-to-swallow 35-34 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
"I've got a lot of hesitation," he said, via The Buffalo News. "It's on me. That's fine. I know I gotta change that. Believe me, I don't need anybody to tell me that. I look at it just how everybody else does."
Williams' tone changed when he was asked if he was living up to expectations following a two-tackle day against the Titans.
"I don't care about your expectations. I don't care about anybody's expectations," he said.
Williams was asked if he was meeting his own expectations.
"That's the thing, no. Like I said, I need to play better and I need to get healthy, it's No. 1 on my point.
"I can say this and you can take it however you want to take it, but it really don't matter to me. I really don't care what you think. At the end of the day I know I need to get physically back into things so I'm not hesitating."
Williams can be sour with the media, but people hold you to a different level of accountibility when you're the highest-paid defender in NFL history. It's unclear if he understands that.
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