PHIL DAWSON RUMORS & GOSSIP
Report: Browns kicker Phil Dawson accepts franchise tender
According to a report by The Plain Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot, Phil Dawson has accepted his franchise tender offer of $3.8 million dollars-
“#Browns kicker Phil Dawson has accepted his franchise tag, a league source tells the Plain Dealer. About $3.8 million.”
Franchised players receive a contract worth the average of the top five players at their position, but because...
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March 13, 2012
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March 13, 2012
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2012 NFL Free Agency : Cleveland Browns Tag K Phil Dawson
According to ESPN insider, Adam Schefter, the Cleveland Browns have franchised place-kicker Phil Dawson.
Dawson, the long remaining Browns for Cleveland’s 1999 expansion team—and a fan favorite—was one of the top-ranked kickers in the NFL who was set to hit free agency.
Cleveland’s signing of inside linebacker D’Qwell Jackson and uncertainty with running back Peyton Hillis...
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March 03, 2012
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March 03, 2012
Still kickin': Browns tag kicker Phil Dawson
Phil Dawson's career is still kickin' with the Browns.
The dependable Dawson, who has been with Cleveland since its 1999 expansion season, will spend another year with the club after the Browns decided to use their franchise tag on the 37-year-old.
A team spokesman confirmed the team's plans to use the tag on Friday.
It's the second straight year the Browns have...
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March 02, 2012
NFL News: Browns to franchise Phil Dawson again
According to Mary Kay Cabot’s reports on Twitter, the Browns will, in fact, use their franchise tag this year on kicker Phil Dawson. If true, this will be the second year in a row that the Browns have used their franchise tag on the veteran kicker.
Dawson, who just turned 37 in January, has kicked for the Browns for 13 seasons and this would make 14. Over that time period Dawson...
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March 02, 2012
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March 02, 2012
NFL Free Agency: The Browns and the cost of franchising
Last year the Browns tagged kicker Phil Dawson a year ago with their franchise tag and paid the veteran kicker $3.25 million. While Dawson may have wanted a longer term deal from the team, a 36-year-old kicker can’t really ask for much better time to be tagged and guaranteed a bigger lump sum, albeit for a single year. This year, it will be interesting to see if the Browns...
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February 20, 2012
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February 20, 2012
Phil Dawson deserves to get paid - Browns Comment of the Day
Phil Dawson deserves whatever he wants from the Browns. The Browns have been awful since '99, but they'd be even worse without him. How many game winners has he kicked? What is his career field goal percentage at 50+ yards? He is Mr. Consistent. He will give you points when you desperately need them (just imagine the numbers he'd put up on a good team). - 1oldrocker
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January 25, 2012
Phil Dawson “Watching Playoff Football…..Again”
The Browns have been back since 1999. In the “new era” there has been just one player who has been here from the beginning; Kicker Phil Dawson. He came in as an un-drafted rookie out of the University of Texas. All he has done since he arrived in town has been the rock of the franchise. I would argue that he has been the most successful player of the new era. Other than...
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January 17, 2012
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January 17, 2012
Phil Dawson certain that officials, not his right foot, missed on late field goal: Browns Insider
Phil Dawson is certain that his 38-yard field goal attempt was good, and is grateful the call didn't cost the Browns the game.
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November 20, 2011
Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson will not make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, says Tony Grossi (SBTV)
Plain Dealer Brownr reporter answers fan questions from his weekly Hey, Tony! feature.
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November 11, 2011
Five questions with Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson
Five questions with Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson.
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November 04, 2011
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