"This is fun, it's been a long time coming," Dawson said Tuesday. "To be around this kind of locker room and these kind of coaches, where this isn't a surprise,Chad Williams Jersey, this is expected, this is what everything's geared for all year long, it's fun to be a part of that."
Even given single-digit temperatures that made for challenging playing conditions, coach Jim Harbaugh said he would have let Dawson go for it with the game on the line from as far out as 53 yards.