The NFL fined 49ers safety Done Whitner $21,000 on Tuesday after he was flagged for unnecessary roughness for his shoulder-to-helmet blow in San Francisco's 35-11 win, Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Whitner said he would appeal "immediately." "In my heart, I felt it was legal," he said. "And I can't change the way I play." "They're all making that call based on the way the hit looked," Whitner said. "Not based on a guy actually going in there and lowering his head and using the crown of his helmet." Source: TheRedzone.org Sweets's Take: Hopefully they will take the fine away. Donte's not a dirty player or a player that will try and skirt the rules...It wasn't a helmet to helmet hit and EVERYONE knows it.
