OK, Eagles fans, if things weren't bad enough with Donovan McNabb banged up, here's an image guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye.

Look, I don't think Brian Dawkins was worth the money he wound up getting from the Broncos. I don't really hold it against the Eagles that they weren't willing to meet that price. I don't necessarily think Dawkins' absence in the Eagles' defensive secondary is going to be missed all that much.

I do hold it against them that they allowed the situation to get to that point in the first place. They should have gone to Dawkins and gotten something done early, before he ever had a chance to go out and see what some other team was willing to throw at him.

There's just something not right about looking at this picture of a flying Dawkins about to level an opposing receiver - and doing so in a uniform other than that familiar green.