I like to think this has been covered at length but my favourite player growing up was Weapon X. Brian Dawkins. It wasn't just that he played for my local team growing up or that he was one of the most dynamic players in the league. It was that he the working mans hero, he worked his butt off and he always remembered to give back to those that made him what he was. Dawkins was a frequent in schools and hospitals and was not afraid to mix it up with the lower class families of Philly. Now that being said I absolutely love the man we call Weapon X or Wolverine because he was one bad motherf***ker on the field and people feared him. Anyone remember that hit on Alge Crumpler? He popped him so hard that play was stopped for several minutes because he had the shit knocked out of him. A safety made a tight end regret his decision to play football and for that he earned the love and adoration the Philly faithful. The final and often most under looked part of Dawkins skill set though was his abilities as a cerebral player. He was so damn smart and knew who was doing what and when they were doing it. He is my hero and I hope I can be half the man he was when all is said and done.
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