Comments on: PFT Heroes 2009: The Pat Tillman Award

By: december

december — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:15:02 +0000

Broncos overpaid.
Sharper was better.

By: VoxVagina

VoxVagina — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:32:54 +0000

Vox, you idiot, very few Eagles fans called him overrated. They agree that his coverage ability was getting worse, but that’s it. Almost every Eagles fan wanted him back and were sincerely upset when they let their best safety in team history and one of hte best leaders of all time walk. I don’t know where you come up with this studd

By: Skarr

Skarr — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:52:15 +0000

Inserting a photo of someone deeply involved in the cover-up of the murder of two people into a story about Pat Tillman initially seems to be a disgusting lack of intellect. But, in actuality becomes clearly appropriate when considering how Pat Tillman himself died.

By: nps6724

nps6724 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:35:53 +0000

Sharper was better. The ONLY thing Dawkins did better was make more tackles (I wonder how many of these tackles were made because Dawkins was late in stopping the pass — notice Sharper has several more passes defended). But I’d much rather have a safety that is producing turnovers than making tackles that should’ve been made by the LBs. Dawkins is a wonderful person and player, but Sharper was better.
For a group of people that gave Jared Allen an award largely based on his dominance of Green Bay’s 3rd-string LT and the inherent boost to his stats due to those 2 games, to then not give an award to a guy who put up the best numbers from the safety position is laughable.
But I’m sure Sharper is okay with his consolation prize, a Super Bowl victory. Funny how no Saint was good enough to merit a single individual award yet they had the #1 ranked offense and won the Super Bowl with the best record in football.

By: MyronB

MyronB — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:03:35 +0000

Cowboys fans only wish they could have had a first-ballot Hall of Famer on their team the past 10 years.
Nobody on the Cowboys roster even comes close to the type of player Dawkins was, and is.

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:51:33 +0000

“Vox your an idiot maybe a few Eagles fans said Dawkins is overrated but for the most part Eagles fans wanted him to stay in Philly and believe he is better now then any Cowboys safety in the history of the team.”
haha yeah ok, whatever you say. I’ll console myself Cliff Harris and Darren Woodson and their five Super Bowl rings. With all these “better than the best Cowboys” you guys have you’d think that you’d have something in the trophy case by now.
But you don’t, do you?

By: Forevercorr

Forevercorr — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:50:15 +0000

I take everything back I said about Broncos getting ignored. I’m glad to see this.
Dawk was still not only one of the top safeties in the game, he was a leader, a gentleman, and a menace to opposing O’s. The Broncs may have finished 8-8, but the D went from bottom of the barrel to #7 overall, and it is in no small part because of BDawk. He’s got the smarts of a vet his age and the passion of a man half of it. Thanks PFT. Good call.

By: Route36West

Route36West — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:14:51 +0000

Thats why the Eagles lost in the wildcard round for the first time in Andy Reid’s tenure with the team.
They didnt have Dawkins their to get the team ready for the game or to pick them up once things started going in the wrong direction.
He deserves this award and Im happy he got it.
Vox your an idiot maybe a few Eagles fans said Dawkins is overrated but for the most part Eagles fans wanted him to stay in Philly and believe he is better now then any Cowboys safety in the history of the team.

By: SFrancis1680

SFrancis1680 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:32:40 +0000

i’m not an eagles fan, but dawkins is a great player and a class act,…to give him the pat tillman award, he’s certainly as deserving as, if not more so than anyone in football,…the eagles could’nt justify keeping him, but they could justify signing micheal vick,…no wonder they haven’t won a championship since 1960

By: gorky

gorky — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:42:38 +0000

Dawkins was the best thing to happen to my Broncos this last year. He’s still great.
It’s just a major bonus that he is also great off the field.

By: Drat

Drat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:38:49 +0000

Voxy Moron,
Don’t live up to your name. There are such things as first ballot HOFers. Rice and Emmitt? What do you mean? If there are such things? Cripes.

By: wydok

wydok — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:36:37 +0000

OK, I love Dawkins, but the Pat Tillman award?

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:22:55 +0000

“The Eagles did not “give up on him”. They made him a generous contract offer.”
Revisionist history. The 0-3gles don’t offer “generous” contracts to anybody but bad free agents and company men like McNabb.

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:16:52 +0000

Maybe they should name it the “Eagle Poop” award since it was less than a year ago that the 0-3gles dumped Dawkins, prompting every 0-3gle fan to take a dump right on his head by telling everybody how overrated he was.

By: Drat

Drat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:07:23 +0000

As a loyal American who optimistically imagines a world in which everything works right, I feel it might be worth noting that Tillman’s death was from “friendly fire.” An American shot him.
Or as Florio calls it, the “biggest” sacrifice. Great. Biggest. My heart soars.

By: jan van flac

jan van flac — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:11:43 +0000

The Eagles did not “give up on him”. They made him a generous contract offer. Denver made him one of the highest paid safeties in the league, which is insane given his coverage ability at the moment.

By: bearsrule

bearsrule — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:19:17 +0000

# Steve-O says: February 20, 2010 11:51 AM
Since his death was accompanied by so many lies, half-truths and BS, shouldn’t it be called the VoxScumbagitas Award?
That’s brutal……and true.

By: Vikes#28Owns

Vikes#28Owns — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:47:07 +0000

@DAS
I think they are taking more into account than just stats for this season or career. That is apparent when you see that Mike Furrey’s name is mentioned. I do agree, though, that Sharper had a far better season then all of those mentioned.
One thing I would argue though that it is ok for a team’s safeties to make tackles. It shows that they are playmakers in more ways than just interceptions. Just to point out that the Saint’s 2nd leading tackler was your other Safety Roman Harper with 102 tackles followed by Sharper. They were not a bad team like you said most teams with safeties making tackles were.

By: JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoooo

JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoooo — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:28:51 +0000

LOVE LOVE LOVE how is he no longer an Eagle. That just kills their fans! bahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

By: JGAGNON10

JGAGNON10 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:17:24 +0000

DAS, i would sure hope a safety would have more int thancorners, after all

By: Voxy Moron

Voxy Moron — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:52:52 +0000

great choice, best safety the nfl has seen since ronnie lott and a first ballot hall of famer if there ever was such a thing

By: IWanttoPunchFloriointheFace

IWanttoPunchFloriointheFace — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:12:14 +0000

What a joke – talk about overrated…Dawkins is certainly that.

By: sdffa11

sdffa11 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:09:43 +0000

if you compare dawkins and sharper side by side, dawkins wins in a landslide. he led a defense that was top 5 in the league this entire decade. he’s right up there with ed reed and troy polamalu.

By: CKL

CKL — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:53:25 +0000

I have utterly despised the Eagles since I was 14 years old (so for MANY years ) but I love Dawk. Seriously. Anyone who wouldn’t want this guy on their team is nuts.

By: BirdWeisErrr

BirdWeisErrr — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:36:46 +0000

Why not Vick? What about all he has done and the sacrifices he has made?

By: JGAGNON10

JGAGNON10 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:35:55 +0000

cool story BRO

By: DAS

DAS — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:04:38 +0000

9 Interceptions on the season, Superbowl Champion… Almost twice as many INTS over a shorter career than Dawkins. Sharper was the obvious choice.
Honestly, do you really want your Safety making that many tackles? I would rather D-Line or Linebackers making tackles, If your Safety is making that many tackles, you’re losing games… Oh, never mind, I forgot he played on the 8-8 Broncos.
Not one of the other guys listed is even on the INT list. And Sharper led the league, AS A SAFETY, tied w/ Woodson a Corner.
Once again PFT Staff, Your Delusion knows no bounds.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:02:25 +0000

I don’t know that any player merits a “Pat Tillman Award” in the larger sense, but if you insist on going there, I’m glad you chose Dawkins. The Eagles were fools, and how nice for him to give Leone those tickets. Classy guy.
And yes, “Can you feel that?” still causes tingles.

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:51:26 +0000

Since his death was accompanied by so many lies, half-truths and BS, shouldn’t it be called the VoxScumbagitas Award?

By: Dick Winniberg

Dick Winniberg — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:46:32 +0000

poopies