The Santa Rosa Press Democrat just posted the sidebar I wrote for their Sunday paper. It’s on Donte Whitner’s tone-setting knockout hit on New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas on the opening drive of Saturday’s 36-32 Niners win. I …
Extra Point:Although the entire defense played lights out, this hit by Whitner spurred others to hit the same way. There were some TKO hits in this game, and Whitner and Goldson had a bunch of them. One, on the Tarrell Brown interception was un-real.