Whitner's shot heard 'round the room

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Around the AFC East: Troy Brown retires
Published 9/25/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Buffalo News columnist examines safety Donte Whitner's illegal hit that might have sparked Sunday's comeback victory. ...

TEAMMATES SUPPORT WHITNER’S LATE HIT
Published 9/25/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
... zone. Whitner got a penalty for unnecessary roughness, while Higgins got a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. But while players usually don’t like it when their teammates get 15-yard penalties, the Bills’ players, to a man, tell the Buffalo News they’re glad Whitner did what he did. “Hey, I imagine there were 10 other guys who would have done the same thing if they could have caught him,” defensive tackle Kyle Williams said. “I’m a little heavy and was further down the field, or I would have done it .” While his teammates were celebrating Whitner’s hit, however, coach ...