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02-16-2010, 11:52 PM
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| Camp Scrub  Join Date: Feb 2010
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| Donte Whitner Quote:
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02-17-2010, 12:16 AM
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| Uncle Phil   Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Donte Whitner For the record, here is where that original rumor began Bills Strong Safety Donte Whitner is a Redskin? - Hogs Haven
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02-17-2010, 12:20 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Aug 2009
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| Re: Donte Whitner Is he a FS? and do you think the Bills would want LaRon?? |
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02-17-2010, 12:20 AM
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| Special Teams  Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bethesda, MD Age: 26
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| Re: Donte Whitner One of the posters on the original link posted by SS has a good point: isn't strong safety an area we have plenty of depth in? Especially if we move landry to SS like a lot of people want to do, and even if we release/trade horton and/or doughty? Do you like whitner because he might be able to play FS/CB, or am I missing something? |
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02-17-2010, 11:38 AM
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| The Starter  Join Date: Dec 2005
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| Re: Donte Whitner This makes ZERO sense. The only way this happens is if either the Bills release Whitner, or trade him. Free Agency rules have changed with the lack of a collective bargining agreement. Under the CBA, a player was eligible to become an Unrestricted Free Agent after 4 years in the league. But now that there is no CBA and we are looking at an uncapped year, the rules for Free Agency has changed. Effective March 5th (when FA starts), players must now have a minimum of 6 years in the league to be an unrestricted free agent. Whitner has 4 years in the league. So IF there were still a CBA, he would be a UFA. But now that there are new rules for Free Agency in place, Whitner has to wait 2 more years to be an Unrestricted Free Agent. The way it looks right now, Whitner will be a RESTRICTED Free Agent on March 5th. Which means the Bill place a "tender" on him. And if any team signs him, it will cost the new team draft picks. So the Bills would have to release Whitner before he could negotiate freely with any other teams. |
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02-17-2010, 11:55 AM
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| Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Originally Portsmouth, VA but now Ocala, FL
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| Re: Donte Whitner They article states the Bills would get rid of him cuz they already have an abundance of good safeties on their roster so i highly doubt they would want Laron. Besides, we'd be much better served with Laron @ SS and Kareem Moore or Eric Berry @ FS (I am a Kareem Moore fan). I could see a Rogers for Whitner scenario but i dont think we need to trade for him. It would be a wasted move. |
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02-17-2010, 12:00 PM
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| Playmaker  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: close to the edge
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| Re: Donte Whitner Quote:
i really dont think we need another safety, especially if the bills want a 2nd or comparable player in return.
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02-17-2010, 12:03 PM
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| Gamebreaker  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 31
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| Re: Donte Whitner I think that this has already come up before. I don't see the point in getting him unless we know that we're moving some safeties off of the roster in one way or another.. and possibly keeping Landry at FS. If he was a FA this would make more sense, why the hell would we trade for him? Unless it was some sort of a package deal including other players (Parrish from them.. ?? from us) |
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