Phil Dawson
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"Philip Drury Dawson" is an American football placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2012 and holds their franchise record for most field goals made, passing Hall of Famer Lou Groza in 2010. He played college football at Texas Longhorns football/Texas.

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There are no moral victories. You can't really gain confidence and say. We hung with this team.' It's all about winning.

I'm glad it's big news when I miss one, ... If people were used to it, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

If you shorten your momentum and your steps and leg swing, you have to find a new way to get power. Those were some of the things I was working on. I think it's going to pay dividends late in the year.

It's an adjustment, no doubt.

That kind of honest, straightforward, businesslike approach is making some of the same guys of the past perform better. You know where you stand. You know what the expectations are for you - like it or not. So some days you come to work and it's a little uncomfortable.

No one is appealing to you to do your job.

People take for granted the skill involved in holding the football. Kyle's doing a great job, but it took us a series of weeks to develop that chemistry. We're still working on it. How many receivers drop the ball? Holders are never allowed to drop it.

When you're aggressive, you take real long strides and your leg swing is real long.

I'm concerned any time I miss. That's just the way I am, ... I have extremely high standards for myself. When I miss a kick, I immediately want to see what went wrong and fix the problem if a problem exists.