They say you canÆt go home again. They also say there's no place like home for the holidays.
Both are true in the case of Brian Dawkins, who, on Sunday, will once again walk out onto the field that he patrolled for 13 years. á
Only this time, he will do so wearing colors other than Eagle greenùBronco blue, to be exact. And given his age and the whims of the NFL schedulers, it may just be the last time B-Dawk digs his cleats into the turf at Lincoln Financial Field.
Yet in a stadium where even the home team gets booed lustily at times, odds are better than excellent heÆll receive the biggest ovation of all.
And why shouldnÆt he? For a bakerÆs dozen worth of seasons, DawkinsÆpresence out in ôcenter fieldö was the ...
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Article written by Lou DiPietro
Home for the Holidays: Looking at Brian Dawkins’ Return to Philadelphia
Posted: 26th December 2009 by Lou DiPietro in NFLComments Off on Home for the Holidays: Looking at Brian Dawkins’ Return to Philadelphia