Brian Dawkins: Philly Has Set Bar for Future NFL Drafts

Naturally Philly fans have gotten attention for booing during the 2017 NFL draft.

Just ask Roger Goodell and Drew Pearson.

Anything else would have been disappointing. 

But Eagles fans made as much if not more noise on Benjamin Franklin Parkway when the Birds picked. Their renditions of the Eagles fight song have been nothing short of fantastic. And, knock on wood, the fans have also behaved themselves.

So when Brian Dawkins followed Brian Westbook and took the podium before the start of Day 3, he gave the fans well-deserved props. 

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"Yeeaaah baaabby!!!" he bellowed (watch video below). "Hey, listen. Philadelphia, you ought to be proud of yourselves. You are representing right now. You have the bar of what the draft is supposed to be like. That's how you do it. That's how we do it. All right? Hey .. and let all the haters hate. Don't worry about the haters. Don't worry about the haters. Be you. Be you. If you want to do what you do, you do what you do."

Then, of course, he led another rendition of the fight song. 

Before Dawkins' brief speech, Westbrook had a message for Pearson and any Cowboys fans.

"I just want to say two things," Westbrook said. "First of all, I love you guys. Second of all, if anybody from Dallas steps to this doggone podium in my city, in my town -- we're going to give them a true Philadelphia welcome. Enjoy your day."

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