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Whitner perhaps the biggest statement of the year for this team...they are not taking that type of BS lightly, and will not tolerate that no matter who it is...

 

It is the same thing Josh Reed has shown on offense...they are not going to be intimidated, scared, or pushed around by ANYONE...

 

Whitner just gained the ultimate respect of everyone in that locker room...

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If a Patriot player does that this board is going crazy calling cheapshot artists. A Bill does it and people love it. Go figure.

 

Difference is it wasn't a hit to cause an injury. It wasn't a "cheap shot" or blind side. It was a FU to his own team and to the WR. It was a momentum swing.

 

I don't think the (rational) people on the board would be calling it a cheapshot had a Bills guy been taunting the whole way then got tackled in the endzone.

 

Now, if Dante waited till he started doing his TD dance THEN hit him -- it would be totally different.

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Difference is it wasn't a hit to cause an injury. It wasn't a "cheap shot" or blind side. It was a FU to his own team and to the WR. It was a momentum swing.

 

I don't think the (rational) people on the board would be calling it a cheapshot had a Bills guy been taunting the whole way then got tackled in the endzone.

 

Now, if Dante waited till he started doing his TD dance THEN hit him -- it would be totally different.

 

Exactly, just a slight difference between a random cheapshot and retribution to a player who's been taunting your team.

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Whitner perhaps the biggest statement of the year for this team...they are not taking that type of BS lightly, and will not tolerate that no matter who it is...

 

It is the same thing Josh Reed has shown on offense...they are not going to be intimidated, scared, or pushed around by ANYONE...

 

Whitner just gained the ultimate respect of everyone in that locker room...

And Reed seems to be a very scrappy guy, like a wicked blocker perhaps.

 

Wasn't it Reed that Gibril Wilson punched -which got Wilson ejected?

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Because it was a tackle. A punch is an automatic ejection, which is why Wilson got tossed.

 

 

It was a late tackle. far less serious than a punch to the face, but the reality of the nfl these days seemed to dictate that whitner get the axe too. Yes, the punch is far worse than a late tackle, but i'm really liking the fact that the refs were on our side today.

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Difference is it wasn't a hit to cause an injury. It wasn't a "cheap shot" or blind side. It was a FU to his own team and to the WR. It was a momentum swing.

 

I don't think the (rational) people on the board would be calling it a cheapshot had a Bills guy been taunting the whole way then got tackled in the endzone.

 

Now, if Dante waited till he started doing his TD dance THEN hit him -- it would be totally different.

 

Bingo! He was taunted, and the WR was probably ready to do a little celebration dance. Whitner put an end to that s#it.

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