Brian Dawkins: The Bronco We’ve Been Waiting For

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Published: August 5, 2009

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... he is a little bit older in age and isn't the long term answer.  He brings something very important to a new defense looking for answers.

Leadership.

Ever since our beloved Al Wilson went down on December, 3 2006, we have not had a clear cut leader on defense.

In 2005, Denver went 13-3, had 258 PA/13.1 ppg (third in the league), a differential of 137 points (third in the league), and a takeaway differential of +20 (second in the league).

In 2006, they went 9-7.  The Broncos had 305 PA/19.1 ppg (8th), a differential of 14 points (14th), and their takeaway differential was 17th in the league

I know we didn't make the playoffs in 2006, but our defense was a lot better than in '08-'09.  In 2008, we didn't rank in the top 25 in any of these categories except for differential.  The rest of the stats were 30th or above.

Needless to say, when we lost our leader in Wilson, we lost more than just a player.

Now with Brian D...

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