Is the Brian Dawkins We Knew Finished?

Coming into this season, Eagles fans kind of all expected B-Dawk to strap in and put in one of his signature beastly seasons we've come to know him for.  Sure, he was approaching the twilight of his career, but he had another good season or two in him.  Right?

Turns out he likely won't be in the lineup for the Jets game this week, marking almost a month since he's seen the field.  The original injury was a neck "stinger" which typically takes about a week to recover from, if that.  Even Dawkins himself isn't sure what the deal is, "It's frustrating, very frustrating.  All I can do is do what the doctors tell me and hope I'm able to play soon. It's a slow process, and I don't know how long it will take. Hopefully, not too long. It kills you to not be out there with your teammates, especially when things aren't going well."

Andy Reid seems to think it has the potential to be fairly serious, "When you're dealing with nerves, you don't know,.  You just don't know how long those are going to take, so you literally take them day by day. They could take a long time or something could change by tomorrow. Dawk is very honest with us on how he feels, and that's important. We know he wants to be out there. It's killing him not to be out there."

It's certainly not encouraging that he's been out this long but it also hasn't really affected the defense all that much.  Neck and nerve injuries -- like concussions -- are serious business.  The bigger question remains, is the old Dawkins we knew a player we may never see again?

Comments

[SID]

The whole team is done, over, finished, kaput! Lets go cowboys!!!!

[theKrisheim]

In the long run this is probably good for our secondary, giving the other safteys a chance to step up and the corners to get ready for the post-Dawkins error, but it isnt the same without him out there or on the sidelines in his uniform.

[theKrisheim]

holy crap there are a lot of typos in that post, speaking of errors.

[Sly Bri]

We all know the end is near for Weapon X. I hate to think about B-Dawk not being around anymore.

[Josh]

I cant believe people come to conclusions so quickly. Dawkins is still the player we all love and want on the field. Be patient Eagles fans, he will rehab and he will be back to smash heads. The Vikings better look out! Have some faith.