... came at the beginning of free agency, when we saw Brian Dawkins leave. I don’t want to dwell on that, but as it has been well documented, his vocal leadership and passion will be missed on the field much more than his cover skills (although, he could still ay a mean hit)... When this request came across my desk (more literally, my e-mail) I was excited to talk about the positive surprises of the Eagles preseason. Then I got to thinking…have there been any? The preseason started off with high hopes for the Birds. We had a returning #3 defense, as well as an offense that was high powered to say the least last year, and which had added a slew of new weapons, and a re-tooled offensive line. Hopes were high, and many people in the Lehigh...

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