Whispers from around the NFL

Updated: October 8, 2002, 1:38 PM ET
By Pro Football Weekly | Pro Football Weekly
  • The player who perhaps felt the most slighted by the Eagles' record deal with quarterback Donovan McNabb is free safety Brian Dawkins. Dawkins, whose current deal pays him $1.96 million and runs out after the 2003 season, has been exceptional thus far this season and wants to be paid accordingly — as the highest-paid free safety in the league.

  • Broncos head Mike Shanahan is concerned about budding cornerback Deltha O'Neal keeping his composure on the field and had a talk with him after O'Neal was ejected in the Week 4 loss to Baltimore as a result of bumping an official while arguing a pass-interference call.

  • Redskins defensive line coach Ricky Hunley tells Pro Football Weekly that the defensive players still believe in coordinator Marvin Lewis' system and are starting to pick up the nuances that they were missing before.

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