Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 4:07 PM | 13 comments |
 

Dawkins gets worthy ovation; Vick out
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It was a moment. It was Brian Dawkins' moment.

Dawkins emerged from the tunnel at Lincoln Financial Field and thousands of fans erupted. Except this time something was different. Dawkins wasn't running from the tunnel and through a blow-up eagle that he had run from and through for 13 seasons. The former Eagles safety was a visiting player and he made his return to the stadium he once called home today.

He received an ovation from the Philadelphia fans worthy of a player that gave his heart and soul to the city's football team for 13 years. Dawkins, meanwhile, went through his normal introductory histrionics. He danced and then did a somersault into a handstand. He then ran into a cameraman. It was some show. He looked ready to rip off someone's head.

Dawkins chose to skip pre-game warm-ups despite the fact that every other active Broncos player did. On Wednesday, Dawkins told Philadelphia reporters that he may stay away from pre-game warm-ups because he might be too emotional.

If you look around the Linc at the early arrivals, there are a bunch of fans who apparently broke out their No. 20 Eagles jerseys for the occasion. There are also a few Dawkins Broncos jerseys, as well.

Former Eagle Correll Buckhalter, meanwhile, made his return to the Linc in another uniform. The Broncos running back is active and will back up Knowshon Moreno.

As far as the Eagles' list of inactives goes, Michael Vick is out for the first time since returning to the NFL in Week 3. The quarterback has a thigh bruise, but will dress as the emergency third quarterback. Kevin Kolb is active and will be the backup quarterback.

Safety Quintin Demps is out with an ankle sprain. Macho Harris will thus go back to returning kicks. Wide receiver Kevin Curtis is also inactive. He returned last week after missing the previous 11 games with a knee injury, but now that Jeremy Maclin is back the Eagles decided not to carry a fifth receiver.

The remaining inactives are all healthy scratches: G Stacy Andrews, G, Mike McGlynn, TE Martin Rucker, DT Trevor Laws and CB Geoffrey Pope.

 
Posted by Jeff McLane @ 4:07 PM  Permalink | 13 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:21 PM, 12/27/2009
    And CBS3 deprived s of seeing it! Thanks, CBS3!
    — Nihilist
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:05 PM, 12/27/2009
    Its not CBS3, its the CBS's NFL coverage. CBS3 Philly really has nothing to do with it.
    — jamesdowntown
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:33 PM, 12/27/2009
    Copy and paste this address into your browser for interesting commentary http://www.examiner.com/x-33272-Harrisburg-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m12d27-Rendell-role-on-Eagles-show-draws-flag
    — Darrell Van Horn
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:13 PM, 12/27/2009
    It wasnt CBS's NFL coverage....we saw it all here in Harrisburg. CBS3 deprived you.
    — t_bones8
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:13 PM, 12/27/2009
    It wasnt CBS's NFL coverage....we saw it all here in Harrisburg. CBS3 deprived you.
    — t_bones8
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:16 PM, 12/27/2009
    CBS or NFL network deprived out-of-state fans from see'ing it, we got 10 seconds of Dawk doing a handstand (which I could have done without) and not hearing the fan ovation, instead, it was j@ck@$$ Phil Sims poluting the airway with whatever hotair was coming out of his mouth....
    — Bleue
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:26 AM, 12/28/2009
    dawkins was trying to be the center of attention all game, every stoppage of play he would walk out on to the field, he was jumping in late on piles. i am sick of hearing about him. he left for the money and put on some fake waterworks show while accepting his pile of cash from the broncos acting like his life is so hard. if he want to stay in philly he could have, he decided to leave for the money. i dont fault him for taking the money, but if philly means so much to him he would have stayed, cut the act dawkins, its getting old.
    — Greg S
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:09 AM, 12/28/2009
    The Dawkins fiasco remains one of the worst Eagles management decisions in years! He would still be an Eagle, if Banner had any sense of what Brian meant to the team, the defense, and the fans. It's long time to move on, but B Dawk would still be doing what the D could use him doing, if Eagles management had half a brain.and didn't pretend that they wanted to re-sign the heart of our defense. Do you think we could have used Brian in the second half? Leaders like Dawk are hard to come by!!!!
    — Steve5423
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:05 AM, 12/30/2009
    Phil Simms is an idiot.
    — croozn


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