BuckWrestler149
08-02-2006, 02:39 PM
As the days roll by at Bills training camp without Donte Whitner, the Bills top pick is doing what he can to stay up to speed on what's being installed in Buffalo's defense. How is he doing it? By staying in contact with a former college teammate.
"He calls me every night to see what we have installed," said Bills third round pick Ashton Youboty. "He asked me what we've done and what we've been missing and I just tell him."
Youboty and Whitner played in the same secondary for the past three seasons at Ohio State, but they've yet to take the field together in pads as Buffalo Bills. Youboty who has been sidelined by a strained hamstring since last Saturday knows the time Whitner is missing is important.
"It's huge," said Youboty. "He understands that. I can't really speak for the man. He feels he needs to be here but he feels he's doing what's right for him and I believe he'll make the right decision whenever it comes."
Whitner has always been described as a player with such keen football smarts that he plays the game like a veteran. He will have some significant catching up to do in a system that asks a lot mentally of the strong safety.
"He's a fast learner," said Youboty. "But it's a lot to learn so it will take time for him to catch up."
So what have been Youboty's words of advice to his fellow rookie?
"I tell him to get his butt up here," said Youboty of his conversations with Whitner. "He's a man and he'll make his own decisions and I know he'll make the right one."
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"He calls me every night to see what we have installed," said Bills third round pick Ashton Youboty. "He asked me what we've done and what we've been missing and I just tell him."
Youboty and Whitner played in the same secondary for the past three seasons at Ohio State, but they've yet to take the field together in pads as Buffalo Bills. Youboty who has been sidelined by a strained hamstring since last Saturday knows the time Whitner is missing is important.
"It's huge," said Youboty. "He understands that. I can't really speak for the man. He feels he needs to be here but he feels he's doing what's right for him and I believe he'll make the right decision whenever it comes."
Whitner has always been described as a player with such keen football smarts that he plays the game like a veteran. He will have some significant catching up to do in a system that asks a lot mentally of the strong safety.
"He's a fast learner," said Youboty. "But it's a lot to learn so it will take time for him to catch up."
So what have been Youboty's words of advice to his fellow rookie?
"I tell him to get his butt up here," said Youboty of his conversations with Whitner. "He's a man and he'll make his own decisions and I know he'll make the right one."
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3920