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MARIO WILLIAMS NOTESSUPER MARIOMario Williams has been a dominant force for the Texansso far this season, recording 5.0 sacks and 11 quarterbackhits. The strong performance is becoming par for thecourse for Williams.Williams has been one of the most fearsome pass rushersin the NFL since entering the league in 2006. His 44.5career sacks are the fourth-most in the NFL over the lastfour-plus seasons.MOST SACKS, 2006-2010Player, Team Games Sacks Sacks/GmDeMarcus Ware, DAL 67 60.5 0.90Jared Allen, MIN 65 53.0 0.82Trent Cole, PHI 68 45.0 0.66Mario Williams, HOU 68 44.5 0.65Elvis Dumervil, DEN 61 43.0 0.70Williams has been even more productive over the lastfour seasons. Since his breakout 14-sack season in 2007,Williams is third in the league with 40.0 sacks.MOST SACKS, 2007-2010Player, Team Games Sacks Sacks/GmDeMarcus Ware, DAL 51 49.0 0.96Jared Allen, MIN 49 45.5 0.93Mario Williams, HOU 52 40.0 0.77James Harrison, PIT 51 37.5 0.74Trent Cole, PHI 52 37.0 0.71GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELDMario Williams is one of the most disruptive pass rushersin the NFL, with 40.0 sacks over the last three-plus seasons.What makes Williams special is that he is equallyadept at playing the run. His 17.5 tackles for loss since2007 are the second-most by an AFC defensive lineman.Williams’ 57.5 total negative plays (sacks and tacklesfor loss) since 2007 are the fourth-most in the NFL.MOST NEGATIVE PLAYS, 2007-10Player, Team Games Sacks TFL TotalDeMarcus Ware, DAL 51 49.0 20.0 69.0Jared Allen, MIN 49 45.5 22.5 68.0Trent Cole, PHI 52 37.0 27.5 64.5Mario Williams, HOU 52 40.0 17.5 57.5Justin Tuck, NYG 52 31.0 24.5 55.5OFF TO A FAST STARTMario Williams is off to a great start to the 2010 seasonwith 4.0 sacks through three games. He has had a handin six of the Texans’ nine sacks this season, registeringa pair of half-sacks in the season opener vs. Indianapolis(9/12) and following that with a three-sack performancein Week 2 at Washington (9/19), plus one sack at Oakland(10/3).Williams has traditionally gotten better as the seasonprogresses. That trend appears to bode well for him andfor the Texans defense.MARIO WILLIAMS YEAR-BY-YEAR COMPARISONFirst 4 GamesSeasonYear Sacks Yards Pace Total2006 1.5 6.5 6.0 4.52007 2.0 13.0 8.0 14.02008 4.0 27.0 16.0 12.02009 2.0 10.0 8.0 9.02010 5.0 41.0 20.00 TBDCHART TOPPERMario Williams is off to a great start to the 2010 season,having recorded 5.0 sacks through the first four games.His sack total is second in the AFC and third in the NFL.MOST SACKS, NFL 2010Player, Team GP Tkl Solo Asst SacksClay Matthews, GB 4 18 18 0 7.0Shaun Phillips, SD 4 17 15 2 6.0Mario Williams, HOU 4 10 7 3 5.0Dave Ball, TEN 4 11 6 5 4.5* Eight players tied with 4.0 sacks each.CARRYING THE LOADSince his breakout second season in 2007, Mario Williamshas produced 39.0 sacks, which is a whopping 42.1percent of the team’s sack total. That is easily the most ofany player in the NFL.HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF TEAM SACK TOTAL, 2007-10Player, Team Sacks Team Pct of TotalMario Williams, HOU 40.0 95.0 42.1John Abraham, ATL 34.0 93.0 36.6Jared Allen, MIN 45.5 134.0 34.0DeMarcus Ware, Dal 49.0 149.0 32.9James Harrison, PIT 37.5 141.0 26.639GAME 5 • TEXANS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS • HOUSTONTEXANS.COM