Donte Whitner doesn't have any difficulty dealing with the love-hate relationship he has developed with Bills fans on Twitter for much of this offseason, and it hasn't hardened the soft spot the safety still has for Buffalo no matter what Bills general manager Buddy Nix has to say. Unsure of what the future holds, Whitner is working out in Miami anxiously waiting for the NFL labor dispute to end while making sure to keep every one of his options open and yes, Whitner told The Associated Press by phone on Thursday, his future could include returning to play in Buffalo no matter what his critics -- "haters," he refers to them -- on Twitter might think. "Twitter is fun. I don't mind being cussed out," said Whitner, who in recent days has exchanged messages on Twitter with those who have referred to him as "whiny," and called him "a joke." "Bills fans are very passionate. It has to go on someone, and I'm not going to hide from it," Whitner said. "I believe when I get back to Buffalo and help turn this thing around, everything will be forgotten." Whitner's reference to "when I get back" also was a way for him to respond to comments that Nix made this past week about the player's future. "He actually said he didn't think I wanted to be there so I wouldn't," Whitner said, referring to what Nix had told a Buffalo radio station. "Well, I have something to say about that. I don't think I've ever said that I don't want to be there. I do want to be a Buffalo Bill." There is a big condition, though, for that to become a reality. Whitner acknowledged his return to Buffalo would depend on the Bills sweetening the last contract offer they made to him in December. Source: NFL.com
