Stupor Mario

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I've really been enjoying the back and forth between Mario Williams, the highest-paid Bills player of all-time and his former fiance.

Talk about your love stories.

About a year back we were getting reports about Mario Williams visiting the Bills as a free agent.

Could it be possible?

Would he really sign here?

How could the Texans let him go?

Turns out, the Bills were bidding against themselves. No one really wanted him. The Texans didn't. The rest of the league stayed out of the bidding.

He arrived. The fans cheered. Mario and his girl bought a house near Jim Kelly.

All was right with the world.

Except Mario kind of stunk. He sort of sulked. The team was lousy again.

Ah well. Perhaps he'd bounce back. Young guy. Lots of talent. Plenty of chance to make amends.

But recently a story hit the news.

The fiance was now the ex-fiance.

Mario wanted his engagement ring back.

It's a $795,000 ring.

For that much money that ring better vacuum, dust, do the grocery shopping and turn into an in-ground pool for the summer months.

The fiance decided that she wanted to keep the ring.

She dissed on Mario telling the football world that he's sort of mentally and unemotionally unstable.

I'm sure it came as quite a shock to his teammates who seemed to really enjoy his company and the fact that he brought his own fridge to his locker because he didn't want to walk all the way to the shared refrigerator.

I'm really gonna' follow this story.

It's the most Bills excitement we've had since 1995 or so.

You gotta' BILLieve!!!!

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