Bills' Whitner Rated 7th Best Free Agent Safety

The USA Today's Nate Davis recently rated the top ten potential free agent safeties that will hit the market once the lockout is resolved. Coming off a 140 tackle season, the Bills' Donte Whitner rated seventh on Davis' list, behind the likes of the 49ers' Dashon Goldson, the Saints' Roman Harper, the Raiders' Michael Huff, the Chargers' Eric Weddle, the Eagles' Quentin Mikell, and the Bears' Danieal Manning.

Davis goes on to comment that Whitner has not lived up to the potential of the 8th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, suggesting that "big plays aren't his forte." Most Bills fans would probably agree that they expect more big plays out of Whitner. While he is almost a surefire tackler, Whitner rarely comes up with big interceptions or sacks. GM Buddy Nix suggested earlier in the off-season that he believes Whitner doesn't want to be in Buffalo, and while I don't believe that to be entirely true, I certainly wouldn't overpay for his services. Someone else probably will, and they'll have an overpaid safety with coverage problems for five or six years.

For Davis' entire article, check out this link:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/06/who-are-the-best-safeties-about-to-hit-nfls-free-agent-market/1

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