Brian Dawkins - totally underwhelming so far - has someone maxed him out to 90?

Hi,

I was very much looking forward to Dawkins and the first disappointment was that they made him a SS. I had expected him to play FS and so I sold Darwin a couple of days before the new promo hit.

I only have him at 86 so far (I know that some of his stats are not up to speed at 86 to compete with the newer cards) but even in Solo Season Amateur he gets beat by the CPU on a regular basis. Other 86 cards have played way better.

I have enough tickets to max him to 90 now but don't wanna waste tickets on him if he's a turd. How does he play for the those who have maxed him to 90 already?

On a sidenote: Bennett with his 78 speed has been playing great for me so it's not always only the sheer numbers on the stat sheet.

I upgraded Bennett to a 90 cause I run bears theme team and he's is good and solid run blocker

highsierra2024 said:

Hi,

I was very much looking forward to Dawkins and the first disappointment was that they made him a SS. I had expected him to play FS and so I sold Darwin a couple of days before the new promo hit.

I only have him at 86 so far (I know that some of his stats are not up to speed at 86 to compete with the newer cards) but even in Solo Season Amateur he gets beat by the CPU on a regular basis. Other 86 cards have played way better.

I have enough tickets to max him to 90 now but don't wanna waste tickets on him if he's a turd. How does he play for the those who have maxed him to 90 already?

On a sidenote: Bennett with his 78 speed has been playing great for me so it's not always only the sheer numbers on the stat sheet.

Why not just upgrade him and test him out? Don't cost anything to remove the tickets if he is still a Turd lol

Have 90 Dawkins and 87 Taylor in my secondary and they play great. Max out Dawkins and if you don't like him take the upgrades off him and put them on another player.

Right now my tickets are going on Kirkland. If I get a better MLB later, they'll get pushed over to Dawkins.

90 Dawkins is great.   You want to get him at least to that level for him to be usable.

Bennett was awful for me until I got him to 89 with match up nightmare. he’s still sucks after the catch but at least he blocks

B-dawk is playing great for me, maxed out at 90ovr.

He only has 87 speed at 90, so I switched my tokens go KVB instead on the Lions TT

Has anybody tried him as LB?

I upgraded him to 90 and played 3 games but is a no show. Really disappointed.
Obviously 3 games is not enough for a verdict so I'll continue to give him a chance. 

I'm also utterly disappointed by Champ Bailey who is fast moving towards Chomp Bailey.
Acquired him yesterday and in 10+ games he is invisible or giving up passes. Playing him at CB1. DeJean moved to CB2 and he continues to be a pick, cover and tackle machine. Well, it's too early as well and I hope the investment pays sooner or later.

SosaChamberlain said:

Bennett was awful for me until I got him to 89 with match up nightmare. he’s still sucks after the catch but at least he blocks

I totally disagree,  he is an absolute bulldozer after the catch , takes 2-3 guys to tackle him most of time if he dont take it to the house lol trucking over people like Ryno lol mine is 90 ovr though

90 dawkins on a eagles tt is good hes made plays for me

Even at 90 he remains TOTALLY underwhelming and has to be the worst card this year so far. By a landslide.
Out of position all the time, play recognition far worse than his stats suggest, zero interceptions. And if he gets near to the ball he swats it away instead of taking it to the house (or at least record an INT). One forced fumble is all I got out of him. Played closed to 20 games with him plus tons of challenges.

I'll put Hamilton back at SS. Even at 88 he outplays Dawkins easily recording picks and tackles.