Dawk Back in Town
Brian Dawkins has returned to the Philadelphia area for the first time since signing with Denver. In a Channel 10 interview, Dawk says he's ready to move on, but that if he makes the Hall of Fame, it will be as an Eagle.
Dawk Back in Town
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
If anybody ever deserved a long goodbye, it's Brian Dawkins. So if you're sick of reading and hearing about Dawk's
departure, go read a Villanova Final Four blog or something.
The emotional leader of the Eagles' defense the past several seasons, and one of the top Eagles of all time, is back in town this week tying up some loose ends, after signing as a free agent with the Denver Broncos. Channel 10's John Clark caught up with BDawk at the airport (video below). In it, Dawkins says feeling he had to move on after 13 seasons "hurt pretty bad there for a while, and it still hurts today." Dawkins acknowledges, "I mourned, just like the rest of the fans did."
Dawkins emphasizes that he is ready to move on, and tells Clark the front office's decisions or ways of doing things are "not for me to discuss anymore."
Dawkins says he'll stop by NovaCare to say goodbye to his former teammates. When Clark asks about retiring as an Eagle or going into the Hall of Fame as an Eagle, Dawkins says that if he's lucky enough to make the Hall of Fame, going as an Eagle is "pretty much a certainty ... that'll be a celebration for us all."
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Also, we forgot to link to this when it appeared, but better late than never -- bleedinggreennation has done us all the valuable service of compiling a whole bunch of mock draft predictions for the Eagles. They all have the same inherent problem, which is at this point, you have to assume the Birds will be making those two selections in the first round, 21st and 28th overall. In reality, they might very well trade one of them to move up, or trade one for another asset (Anquan Boldin, Jason Peters, whatever). I'd say odds are 50-50 or less that they'll really be picking 21st and 28th. But if they do, these are some interesting ideas.
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The Eagles' preseason schedule was released today. Click here to check it out.
Good luck Dawk! A great player, the Eagle's won't be the same without him! web design chester— johnnytv- Are the Denver sports writers going crazy about Dawk's comments about being disappointed to leave Philly, or is Bob Ford the only one who does that?— djsaitta
- Are the Denver sports writers going crazy about Dawk's comments about being disappointed to leave Philly, or is Bob Ford the only one who does that?— djsaitta
- BDawk the player might be on the decline, but the Brian Dawkins the Man is as stand-up as ever. God bless you, Dawk. Thanks for all you did for this city. Thank goodness I have no doubt tere is more to come. Hurry back.— jimmyeagles
- blah blah blah...they all make too much money. Big question is, Will we ever win a Super Bowl?????— hockey_nut2
- did anyone read big ladies' post yep not biglad but biglady u don't nothing 'bout football.— coachbarnes10
Comment removed.- Corpstrumpet--why do you think Cunningham deserved to finish his career in Philly??? He had 1 playoff win in the 5 1/2 games he had over 11 seasons he was in Philly. When Ray Rhodes tried to put in the WCO with him as a starter, he resisted; when Rodney Peete got hurt in the playoffs with them down just 7-3, Cunningham proved how ill prepared he was to take over--remember, he didn't even take his playbook with him to Vegas during the birth of his child. He provided Philly fans with lots of excitement but came up small on the field.— bobbyuk
- The man is on the downside of his career. If he would have stayed, and underperformed NEXT year, like everyone knows he will, then you would have been bashing him all next season anyways and wanting to get rid of him. Get over it. Nova is in the Final Four. What have the Eagles done for you lately?— seagull64
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- He left for more $, thats what the Dawk-now-all-of-a-sudden haters are complaining about, thats their debating angle. Just because he left, and got more $ from Denver, doesnt necesarily mean he wanted to. The man has to take care of himself,his assets,his family, you do the math, everyone on this blog would've done the same, and he most likely LOVES the game so much, he knew staying with Philly would've ended his NFL career.— Will.i.Am
- Such tough economic times for these players, "needs to look out for his family, his assets",....blah, blah, barf, barf,...Brian who????— wvbillz
- hey sch723 if your so tried(learn how to type) of hearing about Bdawk go read another blog, moron.— bdawkisgod
- Come on Earlj do you want to have Dawk's baby too? He was a great Eagle who followed the money. Not his fault not the Eagles .— phillybruce
- OK...sound like the Birds might emboldin themselves after all...albeit with the wrong freeken Boldin.— garyshaffer
