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Nathan Williams #43
If Troy came to the Bills I would own every jersey!!! Please make this happen even if its only for 1 year LOL
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Buckskin86
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Dealing Whitner would help Bills in rebuilding effort
Acquiring extra pick could help Buffalo land a QB in the draft. Matt Bowen
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Bills safety Donte Whitner has been mentioned in possible trade scenarios this offseason, and if Buffalo does intend on making a move, it would have to happen over the next few weeks leading up to the draft ? when the former first-round pick?s value would be at its peak.
Mark Gaughan of The Buffalo News had a chance to ask Chan Gailey about the idea of moving Whitner, which the new head coach denied, saying, ?We feel like we've got a strong secondary. Donte's a big part of that and is going to be a big part of that. To me you would not weaken one of your strengths. I don't know where that came from.?
AP
Trading Donte Whitner would allow the Bills to address some pressing needs on their roster.
At this point of the offseason, it is hard for any of us to buy what coaches are saying to the media. And although Gailey has a point about his secondary, the Bills have so many other needs on this roster with a new coaching staff that they should explore some options with Whitner.
This secondary has depth at the safety position with Jarius Byrd, who had nine interceptions in ?09, Bryan Scott and George Wilson ? two starters in Byrd and Scott, plus a swingman in Wilson if Whitner is out of the mix.
The former Ohio State standout didn?t become the playmaker the Bills had hoped when they drafted him with the ninth overall pick in 2006, and his numbers ? four career interceptions ? show that. But, from my perspective, he was a victim of playing strong safety for the majority of his time in Buffalo under former defensive coordinator Perry Fewell?s Cover 2 scheme.
Dealing Whitner would benefit Bills in rebuilding effort | National Football Post
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osucollegebuck
Nathan Williams #43
Things too soft under Jauron
BillBoard: Whitner: Things too soft under Jauron
May 27, 2010
Whitner: Things too soft under Jauron
Here's a transcript of some of what safety Donte Whitner had to say on Thursday which includes how things were too soft under former coach Dick Jauron, how the Bills are working harder under new coach Chan Gailey and how the team's strength and conditioning program and improved greatly:
Q: You?ve been confident in the past, what gives you the confidence this team can be a winner this year?
"Work. Even if we thought we were working hard before, it?s a lot harder now. So it?s almost like a welcome to the NFL type of thing. In the weight room, it?s totally different from the way we lift, the style of lifting, the things that we do, the running. You know it?s almost like going back to college. You know how hard you worked in winter conditioning in college ? running gassers and the number of gassers and the running and the lifting, and the times that we have to be here, and the amount of work we put in, it?s like being back in college. That?s what its going to take for us to win, everybody being in top shape. We?ve been in the top three the last couple years in injuries. So I think we?ll be pretty good."
Q: In hindsight were things too soft under Dick Jauron?
?Well, you know I don?t want to ruffle any feathers but I would say yes. I really feel like that. Looking at the way we work now and the way we worked as a group collectively before, yes. Totally yes."
Q: You?re doing more heavy lifting now under (strength coach) John Gamble?
?More Olympic style lifting. A lot of hang cleans, and a lot of squats. Some guys are haven?t squatted since they left college and getting up there in heavy weight. I think my max was 405. That was three or four reps. I hadn?t did that since college. That?s squatting. The way that we do it, you?re not skipping a rep. They stand there and they watch you, every rep that you take. They tell you what weight to put on and if you can?t do it, you go down a little. So it?s Olympic style lifting. That?s why you?ll see a lot of guys, their bodies have changed. Body fats have gone down, lean mass has gone up. We?re conditioning every day after practice. We didn?t do that the last four years. I think that will help us in the injury category as well."
---Rodney McKissic
(www.twitter.com/rodneyjmckissic)
BillBoard: Whitner: Things too soft under Jauron
May 27, 2010
Whitner: Things too soft under Jauron
Here's a transcript of some of what safety Donte Whitner had to say on Thursday which includes how things were too soft under former coach Dick Jauron, how the Bills are working harder under new coach Chan Gailey and how the team's strength and conditioning program and improved greatly:
Q: You?ve been confident in the past, what gives you the confidence this team can be a winner this year?
"Work. Even if we thought we were working hard before, it?s a lot harder now. So it?s almost like a welcome to the NFL type of thing. In the weight room, it?s totally different from the way we lift, the style of lifting, the things that we do, the running. You know it?s almost like going back to college. You know how hard you worked in winter conditioning in college ? running gassers and the number of gassers and the running and the lifting, and the times that we have to be here, and the amount of work we put in, it?s like being back in college. That?s what its going to take for us to win, everybody being in top shape. We?ve been in the top three the last couple years in injuries. So I think we?ll be pretty good."
Q: In hindsight were things too soft under Dick Jauron?
?Well, you know I don?t want to ruffle any feathers but I would say yes. I really feel like that. Looking at the way we work now and the way we worked as a group collectively before, yes. Totally yes."
Q: You?re doing more heavy lifting now under (strength coach) John Gamble?
?More Olympic style lifting. A lot of hang cleans, and a lot of squats. Some guys are haven?t squatted since they left college and getting up there in heavy weight. I think my max was 405. That was three or four reps. I hadn?t did that since college. That?s squatting. The way that we do it, you?re not skipping a rep. They stand there and they watch you, every rep that you take. They tell you what weight to put on and if you can?t do it, you go down a little. So it?s Olympic style lifting. That?s why you?ll see a lot of guys, their bodies have changed. Body fats have gone down, lean mass has gone up. We?re conditioning every day after practice. We didn?t do that the last four years. I think that will help us in the injury category as well."
---Rodney McKissic
(www.twitter.com/rodneyjmckissic)
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Buckskin86
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Whitner likes extra work under Gailey
Bills veteran says things were softer under Jauron
By Rodney McKissic
News Sports Reporter
Updated: May 27, 2010
The Bills' new workout program reminds Donte Whitner of his days at Ohio State.
James P. McCoy / Buffalo News file photo
Donte Whitner was discussing the Buffalo Bills' renewed commitment to strength and conditioning when he was asked if things were too soft under former coach Dick Jauron. That's when the veteran safety turned up the heat.
It seems Jauron's approach to training was like a weekend at Martha's Vineyard compared to new coach Chan Gailey's methods.
"Well, I don't want to ruffle any feathers but I would say yes, and I really feel like that," Whitner said Thursday during the Bills' third day of OTAs. "Looking at the way we work now and the way we worked as a group collectively before, yes. Totally yes."
Whitner likes extra work under Gailey : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2010/05/28/whitner-hears-the-chatter/
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77352&catid=4
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Buckskin86
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Whitner Pumped for New Scheme
Ben Hayes
By Sal Maiorana - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
PITTSFORD - If you can find a player on the Buffalo Bills' roster who is having more fun at St. John Fisher College than Donte Whitner, more power to you.
"I'm loving it out here," said Whitner, the fifth-year safety and former first-round draft pick who is having a ball playing in Chan Gailey's 3-4 defense.
"I wish I was drafted into this scheme. It's a scheme a lot of other guys play, like Ed Reed (Ravens) and Troy Polamalu (Steelers). I don't think the Tampa 2 was really suited for my skills and allowed me to run and go play football. That's what this scheme allows me to do."
Beyond the scheme, Whitner is really enjoying the fact that Gailey is requiring the players to practice in pads and actually hit the guys with the ball. What a departure from Dick Jauron, who treated his players like China dolls during his three-plus years at the helm.
"He's got that little edge about him that you hope every one of your defensive players has," Gailey said of the 208-pound Whitner, who has made him smile with some of the licks he has delivered. "That bodes well for our defense as a whole, in my opinion."
wgrz.com | Buffalo, NY | Whitner Pumped for New Scheme
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