More on Whitner

[Kerr]

Gil Brandt had Whitner as the top safety. Huff and Allen will play corner. So realistically, he was the top safety of the class.

<table style="width: 453px; height: 272px;" align="right" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="bg0"><td colspan="6" align="center"> Top 5 Safeties </td> </tr> <tr class="bg2"> <td> Rank </td> <td> Player </td> <td> School </td> <td> Height </td> <td> Weight </td> <td> 40-yard dash </td> </tr> <tr class="bg3"> <td> 1 </td> <td> Donte Whitner </td> <td> Ohio State </td> <td> 5-10 1/8 </td> <td> 204 </td> <td> 4.45 </td> </tr> <tr class="bg3"> <td> 2 </td> <td> Daniel Bullocks </td> <td> Nebraska </td> <td> 6-0&#189; </td> <td> 212 </td> <td> 4.40 </td> </tr> <tr class="bg3"> <td> 3 </td> <td> Darnell Bing </td> <td> Southern Cal </td> <td> 6-2 </td> <td> 225 </td> <td> 4.58 </td> </tr> <tr class="bg3"> <td> 4 </td> <td> Ko Simpson </td> <td> South Carolina </td> <td> 6-1 </td> <td> 209 </td> <td> 4.44 </td> </tr> <tr class="bg3"> <td> 5 </td> <td> Anthony Smith </td> <td> Syracuse </td> <td> 6-0 1/8 </td> <td> 194 </td> <td> 4.73
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[patmoran2006]

I predict a small "surprise" and say Bullocks goes next to Cinci..

[BigGabes23]

Has anyone actually seen him play?!

[Kerr]

Has anyone actually seen him play?!

I haven't, but from everything i've heard, he sounds like he can be a good to great player.

[patmoran2006]

I did I seen him almost take that white TE from Texas' head-off.. OSU and notre dame are two teams that I watch a lot of (FuntimesYay is a HUGE OSU fan).

[G. Host]

He was interviewed by Bills and comments said he reminded them of Henry Jones. :pray:

[Kerr]

This may only be based on opinion, but whitner sounds like a great pick based on this scouting report.

http://www.nfldraftblitz.com/Profiles/dontewhitnerprofile.htm

[LifetimeBillsFan]

Has anyone actually seen him play?!

I saw him a number of times. I'm not as familiar with DB technique as I am with line and linebacker play (I played line and LB, the DBs worked on that stuff in a separate group most of the time), but I liked what I saw of him because he seemed to be around the ball a lot. He helped out their CBs a lot in coverage. He was a guy whose name seemed to get mentioned a lot on a defense that was pretty good and had some very good LBs. And, I do remember him having a huge, game-changing fumble recovery return for a TD, but I can't remember what team that was against.

[Mr. Pink]

Whitner is a good player, yes. A coverage safety which is an area he excels in. Has good closing speed, smart defender and doesn't get caught out of position.

His weaknesses are in run stopping and tackling.

Which in a cover 2 you don't need safeties who can knock peoples' teeth out, you need guys who have smarts, closing speed and coverage skills.

I don't knock the pick of this guy or dislike it in the sense of who we got, just where we got him at kinda irks me.

[The Spaz]

All of the draft gudies I have (7) say his physical abilities and tackling are one of his biggest assets.

[Mr. Pink]

From watching him play his tackling abilities were his weakness.

Not saying he's completely terrible at tackling or run stopping, well run stopping yes, he wasn't needed or asked to do that at Ohio St. When you have Hawk and Carpenter, your safety doesn't need to worry about the run. The thing is he excelled at being around the ball and closing on plays.

[The Spaz]

I am not disagreeing just saying what the Bills said and the guides is all.

[Bmax]

The guy makes plays .. i saw a lot of games .. and when ohio st needed a play he made it...


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[Bling]

Quit making excuses. Allen is definitely not a CB. Miami desperately needs a S, and obviously the genius of the SEC (Nick Saban) is not drafitng a CB. That's something Marv Levy would do...

[kardshark19]

Huff is going to play safety

[SquishDaFish]

Bling STFU already and go to you own damn board thank you.

[MarvLevy]

we shoulda took...bunkley/ngata in the 1st then bing in the 2nd and still had an extra 3rd