Bills star Dion Dawkins explains why Josh Allen 'absolutely sucks' to play with – in a good way

Dion Dawkins is entering Year 10 arsenic the near tackle for the Buffalo Bills, but much importantly, his ninth run protecting backmost Josh Allen’s unsighted spot.

But Dawkins’ occupation statement isn’t your quintessential near tackle "block-anything-that-tries-to-enter-your-pocket" situation. Allen, the 2025 NFL MVP, is the origin of that.

Allen is making highlight-reel plays by the week with his quality to support plays that should effect successful a sack alive, scrambling his mode astir the field, sometimes moving sideline to sideline, conscionable to prime up affirmative yardage.

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Dion Dawkins of the Buffalo Bills runs onto the tract anterior to an NFL shot crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Highmark Stadium connected Nov. 2, 2025 successful Orchard Park, New York. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

It’s thankless astir of the time, but Dawkins and his linemates are moving astir trying to assistance Allen astatine the aforesaid time. So, however precisely does Dawkins consciousness heading into his ninth twelvemonth with Allen arsenic the antheral nether center?

"People deliberation playing for Josh Allen is the champion happening successful the satellite – it f---ing sucks. All right? It perfectly sucks," Dawkins told Fox News Digital astatine Fanatics Fest aft riding done an off-road obstacle people extracurricular the Javits Center successful New York City arsenic portion of Polaris’ and Call of Duty’s activation for the instrumentality event.

Obviously, Dawkins is being precise sarcastic here, but that’s the benignant of narration these 2 share. It’s much than conscionable being teammates – it’s a brotherhood.

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Dawkins, older by 2 years, has the relation of protective large brother, which besides means cracking jokes.

"Josh is present and determination and you gotta cognize wherever helium is astatine each times," helium continued. "But the champion happening astir having Josh, erstwhile you’ve played with him for truthful agelong – not that I birthed Josh. But I birthed Josh. I was successful determination with Tyrod Taylor and past present comes Josh. So, maine knowing however Josh moves and however helium flows, it’s been great.

"It’s a acquisition and a curse due to the fact that you don’t cognize wherever helium is. But what I ever say, it’s much of a acquisition than a curse. Sometimes, you don’t cognize wherever helium is, but Josh volition get you retired of occupation much than we’ll get him in, and I admit him."

Josh Allen and Dion Dawkins sojourn the TNF connected Prime postgame amusement acceptable aft an NFL crippled against the Miami Dolphins astatine Highmark Stadium successful Orchard Park, N.Y., connected Sept. 18, 2025. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

The full metropolis of Buffalo appreciates the hustle, determination, and astatine times, acrobatics that Allen needs to bash the things he’s known for connected the shot field.

At the aforesaid time, Dawkins is 1 of the champion successful the NFL astatine what helium does, which makes Allen’s beingness overmuch easier. Dawkins earned his 5th consecutive Pro Bowl past year, though he’ll archer you similar the remainder of the Bills’ roster: they’re not satisfied until the Vince Lombardi Trophy is successful hand.

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To marque that happen, the operation of Allen and Dawkins are paramount – adjacent if the second can’t basal the other cardio the erstwhile makes him enactment in.

Hitting the roadworthy with Polaris and Call of Duty

Right crossed the thoroughfare from the Javits Center, Polaris, the American automobile manufacturer, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 created an off-road obstacle people that Fanatics Fest attendees could navigate passim the four-day lawsuit this weekend.

Dawkins got a archetypal sensation of the acquisition successful a Polaris RZR, which volition beryllium featured successful the latest variation of the video crippled franchise erstwhile it comes retired successful October.

Dawkins, an automobile aficionado himself, loved each 2nd of the obstacle course, and adjacent fto retired a shriek erstwhile the operator floored it implicit a elevation astatine the end.

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"If determination was conscionable a longer stretch, we truly would’ve went flying," Dawkins said, laughing.

The acquisition was 1 that had Dawkins itching to get into his ain vehicle.

"I already told them I request 3 of these due to the fact that we tin each beryllium successful the woods successful Buffalo astatine Big Indian going crazy," Dawkins said. "It holds and grabs truthful good – nary problem. I conscionable privation to spot it done the puddles, ponds and erstwhile it gets existent bedewed and existent brushed connected the crushed underneath. Click the four-wheel thrust and get that happening moving."

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