"Kyle Williams isn't holed up underground. He's not sobbing in a dark room, the curtains cinched tight. He's not cowering over death threats he received on Twitter.

Instead, Williams on Monday was standing in front of his 49ers locker, answering questions about the muffs heard 'round the football world a day earlier.

"You have to take full responsibility for it, which I do," he said while encircled by microphones and television cameras. "It's something I made a mistake on. I'll move through it. I promise you that.""