Yeah,I don't really understand the fascination with Whitner either. He has never really struck me as a first round value but hey, I just type on the Enterweb about footall so what the heck do I know?
I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock in what Don Banks says. His first two mocks had us taking Ko Simpson. Now I don't profess to know anything about Simpson but what caught my eye is that Banks wrote the exact same comments in both mocks. That speaks to laziness more than anything else. Not really someone whose insight you'd want to trust.