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Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
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Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
tubbs51 April 23rd 2012, 2:21 pm
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7845092/brian-dawkins-retires-football
Not too surprising. Long very successful career. I think he'll be a first ballot HOFer.
Not too surprising. Long very successful career. I think he'll be a first ballot HOFer.
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
MaddMatter April 23rd 2012, 2:54 pm
It is a little surprising, I thought he would have played one more year, just to play with Manning.
But good for him.
But good for him.
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
Thadden April 23rd 2012, 9:01 pm
First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
tubbs51 April 23rd 2012, 11:13 pm
Thadden wrote:First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
There are still a few hard hitting safeties out there...
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
Thadden April 24th 2012, 6:38 pm
tubbs51 wrote:I said he's part of a DYING breed of safeties. Notice how I said DYING, not dead...Thadden wrote:First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
There are still a few hard hitting safeties out there...
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
tubbs51 April 24th 2012, 11:24 pm
Thadden wrote:tubbs51 wrote:I said he's part of a DYING breed of safeties. Notice how I said DYING, not dead...Thadden wrote:First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
There are still a few hard hitting safeties out there...
i know. The only one that comes to mind thats hard hitting is Kam Chancellor and Ed Reed.
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
Thadden April 24th 2012, 11:53 pm
He's a freak of nature, isnt he like 6 foot 3? Freaking huge for a safetytubbs51 wrote:Thadden wrote:tubbs51 wrote:I said he's part of a DYING breed of safeties. Notice how I said DYING, not dead...Thadden wrote:First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
There are still a few hard hitting safeties out there...
i know. The only one that comes to mind thats hard hitting is Kam Chancellor and Ed Reed.
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
tubbs51 April 25th 2012, 12:19 am
Thadden wrote:He's a freak of nature, isnt he like 6 foot 3? Freaking huge for a safetytubbs51 wrote:Thadden wrote:tubbs51 wrote:I said he's part of a DYING breed of safeties. Notice how I said DYING, not dead...Thadden wrote:First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
There are still a few hard hitting safeties out there...
i know. The only one that comes to mind thats hard hitting is Kam Chancellor and Ed Reed.
Yeah and over 230 pounds too. And just a measly 5th round pick
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
MaddMatter April 25th 2012, 11:31 am
tubbs51 wrote:
Yeah and over 230 pounds too. And just a measly 5th round pick
Virginia Tech?
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Re: Broncos Safety Dawkins Retires
HurpDurpHurray April 25th 2012, 11:55 am
tubbs51 wrote:Thadden wrote:tubbs51 wrote:I said he's part of a DYING breed of safeties. Notice how I said DYING, not dead...Thadden wrote:First Ballot Hall of Famer. Believe it or not I think he was underrated his entire career. I mean think about it, how often was he on someone's list as the best safety in the league? From 02-05 there were guys like John Lynch and even Adrian Wilson always ahead on most people's lists. From 05 on it was always Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu they're great players but Dawkins was always at least good enough to be in the same class as them.
Great player overall, great person overall, great leader. If he's not first ballot then I dont know if we should even have a hall of fame. He could still play today at a slightly above-average level. Dawkins is a part of a dying breed of hard-hitting safeties. Watch out because soon they'll be all gone. Theyre dying from a combination of rules changes and the fact that people are all pussies now
There are still a few hard hitting safeties out there...
i know. The only one that comes to mind thats hard hitting is Kam Chancellor and Ed Reed.
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