The Broncos have signed 35-year old safety Brian Dawkins to a 5-year, $17 million dollar contract with 7.2 million dollars guaranteed.  Dawkins played in all 16 games for the Eagles last season and he made 75 tackles, defensed 6 passes, had 3 sacks, forced 6 fumbles and he intercepted 1 pass.  He has now played in 183 games in his NFL career and he has made 898 tackles, defensed 153 passes, has 21 sacks, he’s forced 33 fumbles and he has picked off 34 passes (2 returned for a TD).  Teaming Dawkins with Renaldo Hill should really improve the back of the Broncos’ defense which was awful last season.