You must not actually watch the games if you think Whitner is better than Wilson by "all objective measures". Wilson hasn't even been a full time starter and he has 12 interceptions to Whitners 7 in the past 6 years. Last year Wilson had 4 last year.. Whitner had 2..
Whitner played in 15 games last year and had 62 combined tackles, 2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble.
Wilson played in 13 games last year and had 106 combined tackles, 4 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles.
I know stats aren't everything.. Just saying..