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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Donte Whitner says he was fined for a hit in the 49ers victory over the Rams. (Jose Carlos Fajardo, Contra Costa Times)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;San Francisco 49ers safety\u00A0Donte Whitner\u00A0said he was fined $21,000 by\u00A0this NFL for his unnecessary roughness penalty in last Thursday's game against the St. Louis Rams.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whitner hit Rams wide receiver Chris Givens in the fourth quarter of the Niners' 35-11 victory. The hit dislodged the ball and prevented a Rams touchdown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whitner's penalty set up the Rams' only touchdown in the game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whitner says he will appeal and see if the league will lower the amount. \u00A0He has 20 tackles and one interception for San\u00A0Francisco (2-2) this season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FARRAR: Disappointments at NFL\u2019s quarter mark: Eli Manning, Ray Rice and\u00A0more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI\u2019m not happy with it,\u201D Whitner said to 49ers.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CStill in my heart I feel like it was legal,\u201D Whitner added. \u201CI can\u2019t change the way I play, so we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201D\n\"I was going to the midsection, where the ball is, with my shoulder. You could actually see me turn to lay off the head. If I would have run through the guy, then I think I would have actually deserved that.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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