“Yeah, he played great,” Schneider said of Williams. “You know, we gave up that second-round pick, we went for it. We thought that he was going to help change our defense, and he played well. Unfortunately, we didn’t make the playoffs, but he’s a guy that we want to keep in the mix. You can move him around … you can play him wherever you want, and he’s a great guy. He likes it here. I had a great exit interview with him and yeah, we hope to retain him.”

Williams will be one of the top available free agents when the market opens next week and is on a path to being one of the rare players to see a third big-money contract.