Houston Texans outside linebacker Mario Williams is set to hit the free agent market this coming offseason. The question is, will he be back in Houston in 2012?
After Williiams’ season ended prematurely with a torn chest muscle, both Connor Barwin and Brooks Reed did a great job at outside linebacker, which means the Texans may not need him anymore.
Barwin doesn’t believe the Texans will let Williams walk.
“I just don’t think that’s going to happen,” he said of the possibility of Williams leaving. “I’m pretty sure. He had five sacks in the first five games, so who knows what his production would have been. In Wade Phillips’ system in this defense you need three outside backers to rotate and me and Brooks have been pretty much playing every single snap. That can wear you down a little bit. We’d love Mario back so that we could get a little bit of a rotation going and hopefully all play better.”
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