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Brian Dawkins

Info & Stats: Former Safety | 8 Time Pro Bowler | 6 Time All Pro Selection

Photos: Storied Career

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Brian on his decision to walk away from the NFL: “Surprisingly, it’s not hard at all.”

Topics: Walking away from the game is not hard right now | At peace with his decision to move on | 16 years | Praying on the decision | Wanted to walk off on his own terms | Could have played another year | Never got the juice to come back | Going into retirement physically intact | Leaving everything on the field | If the Broncos won a championship this year he’d be so happy for them | Trevor Pryce’s piece on his retirement for the New York Times | What retirement will be like | Always having a schedule | Staying in Denver | Philadelphia memories | Being passionate about things | His relationship with the late Jim Johnson | Jim’s belief in him helped mold his career | Thank God for putting Jim in his life | Not being able to replace what he had with playing football | Hall of Fame |

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Brian on Tim Tebow’s play in crunch time against the Miami Dolphins: “He stepped his game up.”

Topics: Win over Miami | 2 sacks Sunday | Milestone with his 25th career sack | Taking pride in playing safety his entire career | Being naïve when he first came into the league | The league today | Not knowing what a legal hit is | You can’t tippy toe in this league | Brain injuries in the NFL | Thinks the league is going to far now | Tim Tebow | Miami game | Tebow letting it fly or tucking it and running towards the end of the game | Tebow stepped his game up in crunch time | Tebow giving everything he has | Detroit on Sunday | There was a reason why Tebow won a lot of games in College | Dabo Swinney | Clemson alum | Thrilled with Dabo |

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Brian on if he thinks they will miss any games this season because of the Lockout: “Personally no I don’t.”

Topics: NFL Lockout | Doesn’t think they will miss any games | Having a new coaching staff hurts them now because players don’t know the systems | The new defensive system will be fast | Brian putting together team workouts | Tuesdays workout | Players needing to get into shape | Only did this for the guys in town its not mandatory | Liability issue of working out | Players being Locked Out | The Fans | Family time | Wanting to lift the lockout to get their bodies ready to go | Want to put a good product on the field | Off-season workouts for most of the players | Off season workouts are not cake walks; they’re a lot of work | Being in the league so long | Take care of your body | Philly | Bernard Hopkins statements on Donovan McNabb | Hopkins comments aren’t even worth a statement from Brian | Dawkins loves McNabb | Concussions | The “Rub Dirt On It” Mentality |

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Topics: 2010 Training Camp | Two a days | Coach McDaniels does a good job of taking care of me | Josh McDaniels | McDaniels knows the game and does a great job of preparing the players for games | People in the locker room respect Josh | Not sure if the great players that are no longer here bought into the system | Leading | Injuries in Training Camp | Elvis Dumervil’s torn pectoral muscle | No one on this defense can be Elvis; so we have to do it collectively | Tim Tebow | Tebow has handled the attention very well; he’s a very hard worker who listens | Thinks Tebow can play QB at a high level someday | Rookies need to learn | I pretty much live in the training room now | I’m still able to get to the ball | Ice tub | How things ended in Philly | I thought I was retiring in Philadelphia | It was very emotional leaving that city and organization |

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