WEBVTT - Press Pass: Brian Dawkins

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<v Speaker 1>Him a learning the way here, can you tell us

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<v Speaker 1>what your role was, what the capacity was, and how

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<v Speaker 1>that was when for you it was just more consulting stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>anything that I can help out with some of the

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<v Speaker 1>guys and some of the guys that they were looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the frank in from the Ruggers and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I've been doing some of that type of stuff

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<v Speaker 1>and also some other conversations I won't get into, but

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<v Speaker 1>so I've been having conversations off and on with these

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<v Speaker 1>without the scouting as opposed to coaching broadcasting. Um well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's not just scouting, Like I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>to grasp the whole gambit of football operations of how

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<v Speaker 1>a team is running. So I'm not I'm learning about

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<v Speaker 1>scouting part of it, how the I guess the terminology

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<v Speaker 1>and all those things. But sometimes it's either you have

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<v Speaker 1>an eye or you don't. And I've been blessed to

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<v Speaker 1>have an eye to be able to see talent and

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<v Speaker 1>so if I can help in that respect, love to

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<v Speaker 1>do that. But also I want to learn everything about

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<v Speaker 1>running the football team. Talk. You're really good, Oh thank you?

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<v Speaker 1>How tough is it to kind of man's a cushy job.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's you know, how to leave that well, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not really tough because that opportunity was not there at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment, and so it's time for me to look

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<v Speaker 1>for other things. And this is something that I've been

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about for a while. Like I said, um, didn't

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know it would come to fruition as facts.

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<v Speaker 1>But here it is. And you know sometimes that I've

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<v Speaker 1>I've kind of said this that sometimes you got to

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<v Speaker 1>step out of your comfort zone to really see what

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<v Speaker 1>you can achieve. And so this is something that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really gonna loking forward to seeing that this is something

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<v Speaker 1>that will move to something even bigger. You'll still be

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<v Speaker 1>based in Colorado. I will be based in Colorado as

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<v Speaker 1>of right now. Yes, I know your family is very

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<v Speaker 1>important to you. You be traveling a lot for a

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<v Speaker 1>little well this year. The way the things are out, um,

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<v Speaker 1>we will get down until as far as the schedule,

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<v Speaker 1>it's concerned of how much I'll be traveling and how

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<v Speaker 1>much I'll be able to stay up in Colorado. Would

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<v Speaker 1>do things remote and so you know we'll have those

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<v Speaker 1>discussions as we prove forward with this thing. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a fluid thing to be honest with something bigger. What

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<v Speaker 1>exactly bigger is bigger? Bigger is bigger? I I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what. I don't know what bigger is. I just

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<v Speaker 1>know bigger. It's not where I'm standing right now. So

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<v Speaker 1>so whatever bigger is, then that's what'll push you. And

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<v Speaker 1>how much she miss just being around the game in

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<v Speaker 1>this in this kind of way, just on the sidebars.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, It's one of those things that even when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going different places. For instance, I was in Orlando

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<v Speaker 1>with my family and we'll passing by, me and my

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<v Speaker 1>brother in law to go to the gym, and I

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<v Speaker 1>passed by a football feel and as I passed by,

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<v Speaker 1>it's nobody in the Stateum, but there's a certain comfort

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<v Speaker 1>I have when I see football feeds. So just having

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<v Speaker 1>that knowledge of understanding go for being able to bring

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<v Speaker 1>what I know and what I've learned over the years

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<v Speaker 1>back to this organization. I just for the guys upstairs,

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<v Speaker 1>but for the players downstairs, I'm gonna have conversations with

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<v Speaker 1>them from time to time and I'm not gonna overdo nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>I know how to get people their space. But I

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<v Speaker 1>just feel comfortable. This is a place that I feel

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<v Speaker 1>calmor but not just this organization but the football field

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<v Speaker 1>watching tape, having those discussions I feel comfortable doing, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like the evaluation, like making evaluations of players and getting

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<v Speaker 1>the normal evaluating them food, who's got it? Who guys? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>And you and the energe played again. You understand that

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<v Speaker 1>when you as you get up there in age playing

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<v Speaker 1>the game, you see guys and young guys come in

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<v Speaker 1>and you're hoping that they can help the team win

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<v Speaker 1>that year. So you start to evaluate even back then.

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<v Speaker 1>So now that I'm out of the game, I just

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<v Speaker 1>take those things that I've learned then and I apply

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<v Speaker 1>them now. She evaluating guys to see if they can

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<v Speaker 1>help this team going forward, to bring this place back

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<v Speaker 1>to some place that it was when we played and

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<v Speaker 1>I played here, the energy was completely different. There's expectations

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<v Speaker 1>every year what we're going to do, and I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 1>sure that players will tell you the exact same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to get this thing back there as well.

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<v Speaker 1>The challenges of a great player, and we see it

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<v Speaker 1>in a basketball like a guy like Michael Jordan Man

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<v Speaker 1>you know struggles till a play magic John too any

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<v Speaker 1>coaching struggles to apply the greatness that they had to

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<v Speaker 1>the players. They assess, do you have any of those

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<v Speaker 1>struggles ever, or you just you can separate what you

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<v Speaker 1>were able to do versus what you're looking at. The

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<v Speaker 1>way that I try to operate is I try to

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<v Speaker 1>break things down to the at least common denominator for

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<v Speaker 1>me to understand them, to digest them so I can

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<v Speaker 1>use them. So I do the same thing when I

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<v Speaker 1>explained stuff. So whatever I have to do to say

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<v Speaker 1>in turns that they'll understand because I've done in the

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<v Speaker 1>high school the same as I've taught the things that

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<v Speaker 1>I taught on a pro level. If I was teaching them,

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<v Speaker 1>I do the same thing on the high school level.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to even bring it down further for those

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<v Speaker 1>guys they don't understand. So I've done these things before.

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<v Speaker 1>I know to communicate and so again for me, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a simplistic dude, so I need I need things broken

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<v Speaker 1>down from I'm a visual cat too, so to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to explain to these guys. But it grasp it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that would be a problem. Get you

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<v Speaker 1>tired of the ESPN thing or not, just want to

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<v Speaker 1>get back in the field to be around it more

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<v Speaker 1>than you were. No, I ain't Joe. I enjoyed my

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<v Speaker 1>time then, I really did. Um. It was just one

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<v Speaker 1>of those times that everything kind of fell into place

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<v Speaker 1>for me to have more freedom to do other things.

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<v Speaker 1>And this was that opportunity and it presented itself and

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<v Speaker 1>I jumped on it. And Uh, we're rolling with a

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<v Speaker 1>fluid situation, working your way up the ladder or something

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<v Speaker 1>that excites you, something you're willing to do well. If

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<v Speaker 1>you like, follow my rookie year, that's that's that's what

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<v Speaker 1>I did on my career, Like every step with my

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<v Speaker 1>way in football, I didn't just like that exact same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Mone Warner high school, college, pros and now hopefully front office.

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<v Speaker 1>You work your way up a bit when you left here.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously you've spoken a lot about the hard feelings, and

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<v Speaker 1>even as recently as when you were here a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago, I know you're still some bitterness does

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<v Speaker 1>just go a long way towards kind of healing or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever happened in the past between you and the team, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff is gone. It's nothing we can do about

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<v Speaker 1>it to change any of those things. And through those things,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to look at the positives of things as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a positive dude, So I try my best to

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<v Speaker 1>look at the positives. One of the positives I still

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<v Speaker 1>live in Denver right now, which is a beautiful place.

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<v Speaker 1>So have not had that not have excuse me, I

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<v Speaker 1>would not be in Denver with my family right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a lot of positives that I can bring

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<v Speaker 1>from that. But this place means too much to me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not about the people to run it. It's about

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<v Speaker 1>the place. It's about the Eagle Green. People can come

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<v Speaker 1>and go, but this will remain the same, and so

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<v Speaker 1>that's what. That's what, that's what, that's what drives me

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<v Speaker 1>to want to do more for this, for this organization

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<v Speaker 1>out there today. That was encouraging. Well, they're just this

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<v Speaker 1>first day is usually get tough because you're knocking off

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<v Speaker 1>that russ getting back used to playing football with pads on,

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<v Speaker 1>which is difficult, and they're learning a lot like off

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<v Speaker 1>especially on the offensive side of the ball, defensive letting

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<v Speaker 1>that they were flying around, especially that first une, or

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<v Speaker 1>they were flying around making plays on the Bestie mouth

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<v Speaker 1>Can had a couple of big, big plays today, So

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's something that I was expecting to see.

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<v Speaker 1>The offense struggle a little bit and then the defense

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<v Speaker 1>be ahead of the game once again, offenses are usually

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a little store starting off the defensive group.

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<v Speaker 1>We were talking a loving about the you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of the safeties here, right because Quintin when he

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<v Speaker 1>played in Team Louis sort of talked to Rodney and

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<v Speaker 1>they got to know one another, and you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>Rodney had a choice to come, Quintin kind of talked

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<v Speaker 1>him in the Hey, Philadelphi's a great spot. You led

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<v Speaker 1>Quintin and really kind of talked him in and showed

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<v Speaker 1>him talk a little bit about this full circle as

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<v Speaker 1>it relates to the safeties and the relationship you guys have. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a it's a special bond that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>any of the special guys that I played within the

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<v Speaker 1>secondary safety is not just not just cute, but um,

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<v Speaker 1>you had Tim Offers back, you know, so he's he's

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<v Speaker 1>he's here as well as a coach. So when you

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<v Speaker 1>have a position of strength, and I considered the safety

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<v Speaker 1>position to be a position of strength when I was

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<v Speaker 1>here with my teammates. One of the we have that

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<v Speaker 1>back again, we have a depth at the position. We

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<v Speaker 1>have two quality starters and like I said depth at

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<v Speaker 1>the position. So then when you begin to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>what you do is you you you you build a

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<v Speaker 1>situation where every guy that comes in at the safety

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<v Speaker 1>position where you expect this, we expect you to be this,

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<v Speaker 1>not specifically an individual, but we expected you to handle

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<v Speaker 1>yourself this way at that position. I think that we're

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<v Speaker 1>developing that, especially with Malcolm League. Another thing, what makes

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<v Speaker 1>you think you do through well? I think the one

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<v Speaker 1>thing that you also see as the quality of the

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<v Speaker 1>coaches that he brought guys who've been in the league

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<v Speaker 1>that I've done it before. So he's not doing everything

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<v Speaker 1>by himself the first time. But he's what he is.

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<v Speaker 1>He's to me, he's he's a builder and he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to have this place going back in the direction it

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<v Speaker 1>needs to go for these guys to believe in one another,

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<v Speaker 1>come back together as a team and perform. Thus, I

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<v Speaker 1>love to being in pads. I love the physical part

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<v Speaker 1>coming back to Philadelphia, which is going to be used

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<v Speaker 1>for this team. But I think that you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>decision makers own game day is one that those are

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<v Speaker 1>the things they're going to be a challenge for him.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the same time, I think that because he's

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<v Speaker 1>been through it a little bit in Kansas City, giving

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<v Speaker 1>the range to call some plays, I think that he'll

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<v Speaker 1>he'll be successful. Donk Wizard mean that Doug was here

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<v Speaker 1>as a player, who was here as assistant coach. He

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<v Speaker 1>understands Philadelphia in terms of coming back here as head coach.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's huge because not everybody can have success in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>Not every athlete can play Philadelphia. They can't. Some people

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<v Speaker 1>can't handle it. They can't handle the toughness, they can't

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<v Speaker 1>handle the tough love. So I think Doug being going

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<v Speaker 1>through it and and the fact that he's more of

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<v Speaker 1>a even killed copo guy that you know, he can

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<v Speaker 1>handle the things, some of the bump bumps that they're

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<v Speaker 1>probably going to face, especially early on the offensive side

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<v Speaker 1>of the ball. All Right, thank you, Thanks guys,