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Posted: Sunday, 01 May 2011 10:13PM

Whitner Tweets "I'm Gone"



Mike Jafari Reporting
The Buffalo Bills and safety Donte Whitner seemed to be parting ways before the start of the offseason, but now Whitner’s words could be a better indicator that he has played his last game as a member of the Bills.
Buffalo’s soon-to-be former safety has been voicing his displeasure of the Bills draft, in which the team took three players to play in their secondary. Whitner has tweeted comments like “I’m gone…and happy :)” and “Hate feels so good,” while also answering negatively to fans who have tweeted back in response to his tweets. 
The Bills drafted three players in the secondary including: CB/S Aaron Williams from Texas (34th overall), S Da’Norris Searcy from North Carolina (fourth round), and Richmond CB Justin Rogers (seventh round). 
During the draft, the safety tweeted comments like “Emotions run. Deep…Learn to control em,” and “Congrats on ur. Draft picks…lol.”
In addition to the picks, the team resigned George Wilson, and they still have Bryan Scott, Jairus Byrd, and Jon Corto under contract. 
Whitner was the first player drafted in Marv Levy’s short reign as the Bills’ General Manager, as the Ohio State stand-out was picked 8th overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.
In his five-year stint with Buffalo, Whitner has collected 451 tackles (323 solo), one sack, 19 pass deflections, and five interceptions. He had his best statistical season last season with 140 tackles (96 solo), 0.5 sacks, seven pass deflections, and an interception.
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05/01/2011 10:18PM
Whitner Not Happy
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05/01/2011 10:26PM
Unprofessional
sorry buddy, not your team to build, quit acting like a child
05/01/2011 10:30PM
Oh well
If he's going to pull this junk just because of who the Bills drafted, then don't let the door hit you on the way out
05/01/2011 10:30PM
good
hope he is gone addition by subtraction
05/01/2011 10:35PM
You Suck!!!!!
I didn't like when they drafted Whitner to begin with. I thought it was a bad draft and 5 years later he made me look like a wiz. You were a mistake to begin with, so bye bye whitner. Take your ball and go home....
05/01/2011 10:39PM
don;t
Let the door hit you on the way out...maybe someone new can actually defend TD passes.
05/01/2011 10:43PM
C YA
BBBBBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTT
05/01/2011 10:44PM
Mature.
He'll have time to regret this behavior the next time he fails to cover a TE.
05/01/2011 10:45PM
Just goes to show what he and Marv Levy are all about
They stink.
05/01/2011 10:45PM
Don't
Let the door hit you on the way out...we nned someone who can cover people in the end zone and not just talk about it...huge BUST at 8 overall
05/01/2011 10:47PM
don't let the door hit u on the way out
He was an average S. He wanted to be paid like he is an all pro. Until he does something good, he shouldn't be paid. I am glad the bills didn't cave in to his demands. He is not a good player, can't cover a TE. Later dude, good luck being a back up...
05/01/2011 10:49PM
THANK THE LORD
this bum is gone
05/01/2011 11:04PM
Re: “Congrats on ur. Draft picks…lol.”
HAHAHAHA yes Donte, it is funny cause it means your gone... BYE BYE and PS 5 INT's really 5 in 5 years what a joke...
05/01/2011 11:10PM
Another...
...1st round bust gone. Thanks for the memor...errr, yeah hit the road you overpaid bum!
05/01/2011 11:18PM
lol
good riddance
05/01/2011 11:34PM
Woot!
Osama Bin Laden is dead and Donte Whitner is gone, that is one good sunday
05/01/2011 11:34PM
Boo hoo donte
Way to play it like a pro.
05/02/2011 12:06AM
Keep talkin Whitner, right out the door!!!
Thank goodness! His coverage instincts are horrible! But I see he keeps runnin his mouth, but i'm glad he's doin it on his way out!!
05/02/2011 12:13AM
Donte Who?
Who cares what Donte Whitner has to say. He is the poster for a Bills era of high draft choices who not only underachieved (that would be kind) but did nothing whatsoever to help win football games. #8 pick overall? Really? Good riddance. Whomever decides to pick him up will receive a big mouth and not much else.
05/02/2011 12:13AM
Adios donte
Whitner thinks he is Ed reed. I cant wait to see him s uck for a different team.
05/02/2011 12:23AM
Fine by me
Just goes to show he is as classy as an individual as good of a football player. Don't let the door hit ya' where the good Lord split ya'!
05/02/2011 12:29AM
See Ya !!!
You are a bum Witner !! Talk,talk,talk !! You were smoked so many times this past season that I seriously believe that your time in the NFL is going to be very short you ungrateful BUM !!
05/02/2011 12:31AM
See ya...
I think the Bills will be able to survive without your whole 1 INT per season and you inability to cover a TE. Not only did the Bills draft make our DEF better but subtracting Whitner is addition by subtraction! We have much better options. He never did add anything to the D. What a waste of a pick. Just another bust the Bills drafted.
05/02/2011 12:45AM
does anyone care?
most over rated player on the bills.. thats sayin something
05/02/2011 12:52AM
Who cares
Good riddance. They didn't win with him.
05/02/2011 1:55AM
bye
see ya. your not worth the money you want anyways!
05/02/2011 2:35AM
Don't let the door hit you in the...
Average player at best. Never lived up to expectations. It's definitley time for the Bills to move on from him.
05/02/2011 4:20AM
twitter
athletes need to grow up and stop whining.
05/02/2011 4:23AM
See Ya!
time to move on cause starting now we are drafting studs instead of duds!
05/02/2011 6:22AM
Hey Donte
as the old saying goes "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" Also, I just want you to know that you are not as great as you think you are.
05/02/2011 7:50AM
see ya!!
if your not part of the solution then your part of the problem!!!
05/02/2011 8:26AM
Proof that you can't take the ghetto out of the football player!
Classless and ignorant, is this a grown man? Terrible that we give so much money to guys like this, useless in soooo many ways. He's like a child playing with his twitter.
05/02/2011 8:52AM
oh well
you shouldnt have sucked then
05/02/2011 8:53AM
Bye bye
Tired of investing high picks on defensive players who couldnt blow up a play with a stick of dynamite(see pozlusni).
05/02/2011 8:54AM
Buffalo
Why do these players continue to use their twitter like it is a private conversation between friends and family? Lets see, I dont like how my employer is picking up new employees, I am going to complain about it. Well, if my employer decides to hire a bunch of people to do the same job I do, I am pretty sure I would take that as a challenge... not cry on my twitter about how I am fired. More proof that he is just an athlete, far from a professional.
05/02/2011 9:12AM
Gradkowski
Donte is just upset that our hometown boy Gradkowski smoked him for 3 touchdowns in the final game last year.LOL, thats right Donte, a rookie smoked you for 3 TD's, to make it worse you werent even close on any of them. Any you have the nuts to call our new picks bums...now that is funny.
05/02/2011 9:35AM
too much talk...
...not enough action Donte!
05/02/2011 9:36AM
No one would be happier
If you resigned with the Bills then AFC East Tight Ends.....don't let the door hit you on the way out
05/02/2011 9:38AM
George Wilson
Undrafted wide receiver that was converted to safety in 2007 and has 6 interceptions to #8 overall's 5 interceptions. High quality person too.
05/02/2011 9:41AM
Whitner is a joke!
The Bills have been hard to watch over the past decade and Whitner is a joke. Burned on coverages countless times.. And i really have no idea why he thinks he deserves a big contract he has done nothing to earn it. Im not saying he shouldnt play footballbut not for buffalo and not for a big contract... Hate is a strong word donte your right... what i wish you could learn to control is your mouth and be a better football player... neither of those things will happen... so get the F out of buffalo.
05/02/2011 9:43AM
See ya
If you want to be paid like a top-5 safety, you have to play like one. Watching every TE in the league run past you into the end zone isn't the way. Good luck finding someone dumb enough to pay you that kind of money.
05/02/2011 9:58AM
He'll
end up just like"Nate the great Clements" signed for big bucks but will be average at best just like he has been since he's been here good ridance baby donte!
05/02/2011 9:58AM
resign him
for the league minimum. we can find some use out of him, right? waterboy comes to mind.
05/02/2011 10:09AM
TO THINK
We could have picked Haloti Ngata instead Donte "Toast" Whitner!! If he was a real competitor, he wouldn`t mind competing against these new draft picks. Hope you like living in Cleveland next year in your new job as a sanitation worker!
05/02/2011 10:42AM
bye bye
now we might be able to cover a tight end.
05/02/2011 10:43AM
This is Awesome !!
As I am reading these posts it struck me that there isn't 1 post defending Witner. Not that there should be. I was immature once too Donte. You know where everything I do wrong is somebody else's fault. It's not me blah, blah, blah. Ya,and we all gathered this opinion out of thin air. Grow up you bum if you have any real desire to become a "professional athlete".
05/02/2011 10:46AM
"Don't let the door hit you on the way out"
"Don't let the door hit you on the way out" "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" Seriously people, not clever or funny
05/02/2011 10:46AM
1
1 pick in 5 years.... pathetic.
05/02/2011 10:59AM
Buh Bye
I look forward to having a starting safety who can cover Tight Ends.
05/02/2011 11:00AM
I can't believe what I'm reading?
How can you call yourselves Bills fans. In Donte we had a top of the line 1st round pick. This is going to affect us every time we take the field. How are all the TEs going to score on us now? Unless you people forgot he was also the master of tackling people with his back you just cant replace that type of talent with mere wrap your arms around him and take him to the ground hard tackling!!! I'm upset.
05/02/2011 11:29AM
wow
what a classless fool, get him out of here
05/02/2011 11:38AM
He's Just Angry
Because the Bills took away his only bargaining chip for pedaling average talent and trying to negotiate a high end contract. It's going to be funny when a rookie plays safety better than him!
05/02/2011 11:43AM
buh bye
has anyone else said "dont let the door hit you on the way out" yet? hopefully im the first...
05/02/2011 11:52AM
C-ya!!
I'm quite certain tight ends around the league on teams who play the Bills are very saddened by the news that Whitner is out!!!! They know his coverage was good for at least one touchdown on game day!!
05/02/2011 12:07PM
Donte Whitner
King of the late hit. Good riddance.
05/02/2011 12:09PM
Who does he think he is
This guy acts like he is John Lynch or Brian Dawkins in his prime or even Rodney Harrison, you do realize that you suck whitner and hope you realize that no one is going to sign you as a starter the only way you start again is injury. You should be thankful for buffalo drafting you because if they didnt no one would have drafted you until late 1st rd buffalo made you alot of money, so quit whining and go get tazed again.
05/02/2011 12:18PM
Picture
I wonder how many pictures of Whitner tackling a guy in the endzone they had to go through to choose this one. I doubt there were too many because Whitner was 5 yards behind the guy...
05/02/2011 1:39PM
Unsurprising
Does anyone expect anything different from Whitner at this point? The guy talks and talks and talks ALL.THE.TIME. We get it, he thinks he's the greatest safety of all time, too bad his on-field results prove him wrong time and time again.
05/02/2011 1:40PM
Honestly, Witner...
Be happy we even drafted you in the first place. We took a huge chance by reaching for you, and you didn't do SQUAT in Buffalo. There's nothing you've done to prove to ANYONE that you were the right pick over Ngata
05/02/2011 2:10PM
Look at only 1 thing
Chiefs Eric Berry both drafted in top ten. WOW, what a difference in play ability, did you see last years Chiefs playoff game?
05/02/2011 2:21PM
Contract Year Bologna
After Marv Levi reached and made him the 8th pick overall, all that talk about being committed to the Bills goes right out the window. Donte mustered up as many tackles last year to attract some free agency attention, but was never the clutch strong safety the Bills needed. May the buyer beware. I'm glad that buyer will not be the Bills. Good luck with the final chapter of your career Donte Whitner and all that stuff.
05/02/2011 2:29PM
hey witner
dont let the door hit you in the vagina on the way out
05/02/2011 2:37PM
Donte Whitner Nada Compared to Ngata
I won't miss having a safety picked 8th overall who has no ability to cover a TE and once he got more "physical" in the run game the injuries started to come about. If we didn't hear his tweets, we'd might not know he's on the roster.
05/02/2011 2:55PM
cant believe
I cant believe that anyone who has had the type of career he has would say anything about the young players who were just drafted. Its sad when you know that rookies who have never played this "man game" will be able to have the same production as whiner with little effort. Im sure well be seeing whiner playing in vegas soon.
05/02/2011 2:55PM
Your words say it all
Way to rise up to the challenge and let these "kids" we drafted just take your job. What's the matter Donte , a little competition for your job to much for ya?
05/02/2011 3:24PM
im glad to be done with him
he tops the ranks up there with losman as of 10 years of bad football players
05/02/2011 3:35PM
Serious?
He really thinks he's good? As if to say, "your loss, Buffalo." Really, who cares?
05/02/2011 4:30PM
Hey Donte
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
05/02/2011 5:42PM
Bye
Maybe some of the new young guys can cover a TE in the middle.
05/02/2011 5:46PM
Knuckles
Hey Donte,Instead of crying about who the Bills took in the draft you should be learning how to cover tight ends! When Marv Levy left you should have gone with him. Good riddance!1
05/02/2011 6:01PM
One Word
BYE!
05/02/2011 6:54PM
Ball SSSSSS
this guy has to have big ones to demand more money. He was basically r a p ing the bills with what they already had to pay them. And then has the brains to ask for more than he was making?????? HA HA HA HA GOOD BYE!!!
05/02/2011 7:07PM
C YA
DOT LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE Azz
05/02/2011 7:13PM
Re: Proof that you can't take the ghetto out of the football player!
Hey wise guy, the ghetto doesn't have anything to do with Whitner acting the way he does. It's his maturity. Don't bring up the ghetto just because he's black. That makes you just as ignorant as Whitner. Both of you need to grow up
05/02/2011 7:26PM
Oakland
Al Davis will pay him, and then cut him a year later, then he will be coaching HS football somewhere, and making appearances on "The Best of the Rest" on NFL Net. "Draft Busts of the 2000's".
05/02/2011 8:12PM
Who?
Oh, the guy I always see running after the opposing player as he runs into the endzone! I can't wait to see him get laughed at by the other GMs as they say "how much do you want per year?!?!?". Great season last year, doesn't take much to be one of the better players on the one of the WORST defences in Bills History!!!
05/03/2011 12:19AM
Now get rid of that other piece of garbage....
....Maybin!!
05/03/2011 8:53AM
5 picks in 5 years?
Take Maybin with ya!
05/03/2011 12:52PM
wonderful
I have been readin comments on this site for many years now....and this is probably the first and possibly the only time there has ever been a unanimous consensus of opinion from all posters....I love it....lets go buffalo! Donte for everyone on this site to agree you really mut suck at football lol
05/03/2011 1:49PM
whaaaaa
cry cry for me. the bills draft some secondary and whitner's first reaction is to throw a fit and stomp his feet, most professionals would take the challenge head on and take his position back, or, some give up and run away. it only confirms my opinion of the brick handed sob.
05/03/2011 2:17PM
Free loader
Lets face it if it wasn't for the silver-tongue dope marv levy this guy would of been a third round pick and probably cut from most NFL rosters by now. Can't cover, late on hits, blowhard, and collector of the free cash. Good riddence!
05/03/2011 2:19PM
Maybe Jauron will take him
and then play him 25 yards off the line wher he will be protected from getting burned due to his lack of talent.
05/03/2011 6:28PM
See Ya
Dont need you Donte - your nothing but an average football player that was luckey enough to be drafted #8 overall because of the incompetance of the Bills organization. The only way anybody will even notice your gone is there will be no hot air exiting out of your big mouth.
05/03/2011 7:24PM
Buh Bye
Donte - You couldn't even tackle a football dummy. Shame on the Bills for making a mistake on you. You should be a bit more humble being taken 8th in the draft. I would think you can shine as a backup secondary coach at the University of Michigan...NOW GET OUT!
05/03/2011 9:16PM
Buh Hye!
I'm surprised he didnt wait until the day AFTER the draft to tweet his nonsense. Kind of like he did when he hit players after they had already been tackled or 5 yards into the endzone.
05/04/2011 8:57AM
Not any good anyway, good riddance!!!!
he's a bad defensive back anyway, definately better off without him. What a baby!!!
05/04/2011 10:47AM
Whitner a waste
Glad to see you go. Wants to talk about how many tackles he had, problem with that it's after they caught the ball or ran for 40 yards! Anyone can tackle someone down field and they don't need $6 mill or more to do it.
05/04/2011 11:17AM
what a little baby
Hey Donte, A safety is supposed to cover TE's, offer run support and produce big plays - remember Gronkowski, Hernandez, Lewis, Finley, Fasano, Keller, Heap and Olsen?Team was 32nd in the League against the run?Career Stats - 1.5 sacks, 3 Forced Fumbles, 5 INTs and 1 Fumble Recovered?So you did none of what a safety should do and you're upset the Bills drafted 3 DBs?Bye (and hurry!)
05/04/2011 8:37PM
Hey Donte
Congrats on ur. football career...lol
05/05/2011 8:06AM
he's mad because he's not good
Hey whitner, the only reason your mad is because your not that good and you know you need the money here because nobody else will pay you what you want either
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