As we noted earlier, one of Joe Banner's regrets is how he handled the Brian Dawkins negotiation. At least according to Dawkins, he has reason to regret.

Dawkins was on Mike Missanelli's show yesterday and sees Banner's departure as a good thing.

"I just think that the way things have been done for so long there, and we did have some success, but the way that some of the guys that are in house had to always scrap, fight and do different things in order to just get a deal, it kind of wears on guys," Dawkins said. "And that was really the philosophy of this team, the way that they did things. I'm not saying that it's going to change 100 percent going forward. The thing that I would love to see is guys in house be able to be kept. That was one of the things that always kind of frustrated me as a player, that guys who are in house and doing everything they can to improve the team are let go pretty easily, and then you go out and pay big bucks for free agents coming in."

He says Banner would put his "shark hat" on when it came time to negotiate.

"The thing for me is just it was really a lot of conceding," Dawkins said. "It was always in my opinion the player needed to concede or back down off of his stance on where he wants to be. I don’t know if it was always a 50/50 thing, maybe a 70/30 where the player has to give this much back, or not want this much back, and then the organization says this is not a fair deal. I just know that certain situations and certain things could have been handled differently, and there would have been a completely different feeling about doing business in Philadelphia."

Sheil Kapadia transcribed the interview and he's got more from Dawkins on Banner and none of it is particularly flattering.