What Would Buddy Do?
Brian Dawkins likes to play Pretend, arrange dolls
Posted on September 18th, 2007 at 1:22 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie

Should we call you Logan, Weapon X?Many thanks to the good folks at RedLasso for passing me the link to the pre-game segment on ESPN which detailed Eagles safety Brian Dawkins’ borderline embarrassing fanboy obsession with the Marvel Comics character Wolverine.

Did I say borderline embarrassing? I meant to say completely and unambiguously bizarre. Click the video below if you don’t believe it. It’s one thing to play make-believe during a live NFL game (in which Dawk likes to pretend he’s a superhero); it’s quite another to have a separate stall in the team locker room for your dolls. Still, since it’s Dawk, we’ll all pretend it isn’t actually that bad.

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