Mario Williams sounds off on Bills defensive schem

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The are 3-3. And in the AFC, that leaves their season very much alive and well. But for the second time this year, Rex Ryan's defense allowed an offense to come into Ralph Wilson Stadium, seize control of the pace and tenor of game, and break 30 points on the vaunted group. Worse yet, it's the quarterbacks in question -- and -- who've been in command when faced with a defensive line comprised of a quartet of accomplished and handsomely-paid pa s rushers. That hasn't been lost on . "The biggest difference I see, you look at the last few years and obviously our numbers, to speak of the guys in our room, the D-line, we're going," Williams told NFL.com late Sunday after the game. "We're playing the run, we're playing the pa s. When you look at the numbers from last year and compare them to this year, we're dropping a lot." The came into Sunday's game ranked 27th in sacks per pa s attempt, and failed to register one on quarterback during Cincinnati's 34-21 win. Buffalo has nine sacks on the season, putting them on a 16-game pace for 24. Led by , , and -- a group now on contracts worth a total of about $50 million per year -- the were first in the NFL with 54 sacks a year ago. "I don't know if it's the look, what they're putting us in, but you have four guys who've been known to get after the quarterback and are disruptive against the run and making tackles for lo ses and all that," Williams said. "Now, 90 percent of the time, you only have George Springer Jersey three of us. Either one guy is gone or ..." Williams was then asked if it was mi sed a signments. He responded, "No, it's the call. You got three guys going, you got three guys. Obviously, we're gonna go back and look at it and see how many times that guy drops or how many times I drop, how many times there are just three of us doing this or that. That's the difference. I mean, it is a difference. I'm not using it as an excuse, but it is a difference. It's not the same as far as that goes." The face the in London this week. That's followed by their bye and an all-important stretch of three consecutive division games. It was expected that, early on, the offense would take time to find itself. The defense wasn't expected to need much adjustment. "It's simple, those four guys, no matter what else we do, y'all are going," said Williams. "I know for a fact, and I'm not questioning anything, but I know for a fact, I drop a lot myself. And I think last week, watching the film, Kyle dropped six-, seven-plus (times). You can go down the line and say the same thing. Marcell (Dareus) typically doesn't, but Jerry does. You got guys that you're saying gotta be disruptive and get after the quarterback. "It might not even mean being aggre sive. It's just, us four, we need to go. I mean, we have a lot at stake because of who we are, who we've been, the amount of money this team put in up front. You gotta let 'em go, or what's the point of it?" Asked whether he'd approach Ryan with his concerns, Williams said that neither he nor his linemates would make demands of the coaches. It's just clear to them changes are needed. "At the end of the day, the defensive scheme, we either gotta tweak it or figure out what can we do now to change what we do to accommodate it," he said. Wake up and watch with the world. The NFL is live on Yahoo. . vs. live from London, Sunday, October 25th 9:30 am ET. Bo Bichette Jersey