Whitner Comparison

[Jeff1220]

I think he measures up quite favorably. Williams and Taylor both had way more picks in their rookie seasons, and I think Taylor might be FS.
Donte Whitner's rookie year:
Year G Total Solo Asts Sacks Int Yds Avg TD No TD
2006 15 105 67 38 0.0 1 10 10 0 0 0

Michael Huff's rookie year:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2006 16 78 64 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1

Roy Williams' rookie year:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2002 16 99 88 11 2 5 90 18 85 2 3

Sean Taylor's rookie year:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2004 15 76 60.0 16 1 4 85 21.2 45 0 9

Troy Polomalu's rookie year:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2003 16 38 30 8 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 4


Did I forget anyone?

[MVP]

Polamalu is a beast, Williams is the ****tiest cover safety in the game, Taylor is another thug off the street, Huff has always been overrated (Lendale White Embarrassed Him 2 Many Times!) Whitner could be the 2nd best of them all.

[Canadian'eh!]

Deron Landry had a better year.... but what does it matter?

It'll be shwon over time if Whitner is a great S or not.... he had a good rookie year, now let's see how he does with some experience.

[Ickybaluky]

Did I forget anyone?

Bob Sanders, Eugene Wilson, Ken Hamlin, Ed Reed, Michael Boulware, Michael Lewis, Adam Archuleta, Adrian Wilson.

I don't know that a players rookie season is the best judge of how good he is going to be. It is as much a factor of playing time as anything.

However, I would add the above guys to the list of recently drafted S who have done well in the league.

[justasportsfan]

I watched Whitner closely and he's missed quite a lot of tackles but seems to be around the ball. I'm hoping he get's better in his second year.

[Jeff1220]

Bob Sanders, Eugene Wilson, Ken Hamlin, Ed Reed, Michael Boulware, Michael Lewis, Adam Archuleta, Adrian Wilson.

Sanders:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2004 6 34 29.0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
2005 14 91 71.0 20 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 2
2006 4 27 19.0 8 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1

E.Wilson:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2003 16 61 47.0 14 0 4 18 4.5 10 0 5
2004 15 67 57.0 10 0 4 51 12.8 24 0 3
2005 16 68 44.0 24 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 6
2006 4 24 20.0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2

Hamlin:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2003 16 96 76.0 20 0 1 2 2.0 2 0 7
2004 16 80 64.0 16 2 4 48 12.0 24 0 5
2005 6 26 22.0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2
2006 16 96 75.0 21 2 3 63 21.0 37 0

Reed:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2002 16 85 71.0 14 1 5 167 33.4 59 0 7
2003 16 71 59.0 12 1 7 132 18.9 54 1 9
2004 16 76 62.0 14 2 9 358 39.8 106 1 8
2005 10 37 33.0 4 0 1 23 23.0 23 0 8
2006 16 59 51.0 8 0 5 70 14.0 37 1 4

Boulware:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2004 16 63 47.0 16 1 5 69 13.8 63 1 1
2005 16 73 58.0 15 2 4 107 26.8 40 0 5
2006 16 39 31.0 8 0 2 1 0.5 1 0 4

Lewis:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2002 14 49 43.0 6 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2003 16 85 65.0 20 2 3 31 10.3 23 0 7
2004 16 88 74.0 14 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 11
2005 16 107 93.0 14 1 2 13 6.5 13 0 6
2006 14 57 43.0 14 2 2 105 52.5 84 1 7

Archuleta:
Year Team G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2001 St. Louis Rams 13 56 47.0 9 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 3
2002 St. Louis Rams 16 116 102.0 14 2.5 1 2 2.0 2 0 4
2003 St. Louis Rams 13 79 72.0 7 5 1 22 22.0 22 0 6
2004 St. Louis Rams 16 88 75.0 13 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 2
2005 St. Louis Rams 14 70 53.0 17 3.5 1 85 85.0 85 1 2
2006 Washington Redskins 16 60 49.0 11 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 1

A.Wilson:
Year G Total Tkl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2001 16 32 24.0 8 0.5 2 97 48.5 61 1 6
2002 14 91 65.0 26 1.5 4 35 8.8 35 0 1
2003 16 77 68.0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 8
2004 16 102 80.0 22 1 3 62 20.7 27 0 8
2005 16 109 93.0 16 8 1 36 36.0 36 0 8
2006 16 82 74.0 8 5 4 146 36.5 99 1 7


There you go.

[MVP]

None of them had 100 in thier rookie campaigns, so it's looking good.

[OpIv37]

is it really a good thing to have a safety making 100 tackles though? Ideally the ballcarrier would be stopped before ever reaching the safety....

[casdhf]

a 46 safety would be good ... a cover-2 ... um, no

[madness]

is it really a good thing to have a safety making 100 tackles though? Ideally the ballcarrier would be stopped before ever reaching the safety....

This might be a problem if we played the Falcons for 16 games...

[Bulldog]

Ed Reed is the total package. Great cover skills and can hit like a truck. And look at his int's since his rookie year. Best safety in the game for my money.

[Bert102176]

is it really a good thing to have a safety making 100 tackles though? Ideally the ballcarrier would be stopped before ever reaching the safety....

but that means you have to have a D that stops the run, we don't

[jamze132]

is it really a good thing to have a safety making 100 tackles though? Ideally the ballcarrier would be stopped before ever reaching the safety....

Too much common sense their.

[jamze132]

I think Whitner will be a pretty damn good Safety as well as Simpson. And with these two guys having already played just about an entire season side by side, they could potentialy form one of the most formidable safety duos in the NFL within the next couple of years. But I am not saying that they will. What I am saying is that coming into their second year together, they will both be better than last year and that is a scarry thought for QBs.

[Illmatic15]

Whitner can go for 200 tackles with the way our LB situation is looking now

[BillsPride12]

While on the topic of good safeties...

check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6CjgwMp35o

[YardRat]

Not that I'm nit-picking, but it's interesting that his percentage of solo tackles to overall tackles is only 64%, while the others you listed are 78% or higher.

[BILLSROCK1212]

Not that I'm nit-picking, but it's interesting that his percentage of solo tackles to overall tackles is only 64%, while the others you listed are 78% or higher.

doesn't mean he is any worse of a player

[YardRat]

doesn't mean he is any worse of a player

Never said it did...but if you're going to compare players' stats, it's a difference that stuck out to me.