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Bills Strong Safety Donte Whitner is a Redskin?

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I'm going out on a limb here but a person of note I've met told me Donte Whitner will be a Redskin come the start of free agency. What I find odd about this is that Donte Whitner is a Strong Safety, which is not an area of need (you'd think) with Chris Horton and Reed Doughty. Donte's career stats aren't anything to brag about nor is the fact he was arrested and tasered 10 months ago.


 Career Stats Tackles Sacks Interceptions Misc
 Season Team G   Solo Ast Total   Sack YdsL   Int Yds IntTD   DefTD FFum PD Sfty  
 2006-07 Buf 15   67 38 105   0.0 0   1 10 0   0 0 5 0  
 2007-08 Buf 15   68 21 89   0.0 0   1 29 0   0 1 1 0  
 2008-09 Buf 13   50 11 61   1.0 13   0 0 0   0 1 1 0  
 2009-10 Buf 10   42 15 57   0.0 0   2 104 1   1 0 5 0  
 Career 53   227 85 312   1.0 13   4 143 1   1 2 12 0  
  • First-team All-Big Ten (2005)
  • NFL Rookie of the Month (9/06)
  • NFL.com All-Rookie Team (2006)
  • PFW All-Rookie Team (2006)

Ken and I just had a quick chat about Donte and he added:

"I'm a Donte fan. He is a very good tackler and an exceptional athlete. He was a top draft pick in 2006 and I think he has fallen short of expectations. He is very smart and does a lot of thinking on the field. I am unsure if his disappointing INT production is his fault or the system's. One thing I am sure of: he can hit."

Does this mean he'd be moved to FS or Laron would stay at FS? It's anyone's guess. I am working on a second source now...stay tuned.