shelby
09-25-2009, 06:15 AM
When the Buffalo Bills lost to the New England Patriots in the regular-season opener, free safety Donte Whitner was in tears afterwards.
The Bills had come so close to snapping an 11-game losing streak to their nemesis, only to lose by a measly point. This one hurt and Whitner wasn't afraid to let everyone know the depths of his pain.
In the testosterone-driven world of football played at the professional level, it's unusual to see a player wear his emotions on his sleeve. But in a Buffalo locker room where heart has been questioned time and time again during this playoff-less decade, it was also refreshing to see Whitner care so much.
read more... (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090925/SPORTS03/909250347/1021/Roth++For+Bills++Whitner++sanctuary+is+found+on+field)
The Bills had come so close to snapping an 11-game losing streak to their nemesis, only to lose by a measly point. This one hurt and Whitner wasn't afraid to let everyone know the depths of his pain.
In the testosterone-driven world of football played at the professional level, it's unusual to see a player wear his emotions on his sleeve. But in a Buffalo locker room where heart has been questioned time and time again during this playoff-less decade, it was also refreshing to see Whitner care so much.
read more... (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090925/SPORTS03/909250347/1021/Roth++For+Bills++Whitner++sanctuary+is+found+on+field)