GASabresIUFan Posted May 21 Posted May 21 (edited) Protector of the Year sponsored by Trojan Edited May 22 by GASabresIUFan 10 1 Quote
MJS Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Cool and long overdo. Dion will want to be the first one to win it, so he is going to be playing with his hair on fire this year. 4 2 1 Quote
BillsShredder83 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 41 minutes ago, Ray Stonada said: A cool idea by the Schnowman, OLs deserve an award Absolutely awesome. Criminal that they've ignored the most important position group up until this point IMO. My gripe? Lameeeee name. Makes it sound like a pass blocking only award, when it should highlight the best all around dude between run/pass blocking. 2 1 Quote
First Round Bust Posted May 21 Posted May 21 ihould be named after a long-time HOF lineman...John Hannah...Ron Yary...Mick Tingelhoff...and then add...Blocker of the Year Award....sponsored by...Preparation-H or Gas-X... 1 Quote
zow2 Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Cool, they should name the trophy after Dion based on all the politicing he’s done the last few years about having an O lineman award. Quote
BuffaloBillyG Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Watch them use Dion's idea to troll the Bills. Name it the Jason Peters award. Give it to Wyatt Teller the first year. 5 Quote
Big Blitz Posted May 22 Posted May 22 While we’re on the subject of best OT in the game (I bet this award goes to an OT as often as QB wins MVP maybe I’m wrong) but it is downright criminal that Dawkins hasn’t made an all pro team. He’s one of the 3 best OTs in the game. Underrated and disrespected. Yahoo sports referring to him as a Guard: ….Vincent credited Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl guard Dion Dawkins and retired Los Angeles Rams All-Pro tackle Andrew Whitworth for helping facilitate the award. *image* Buffalo Bills guard Dion Dawkins, 73, was instrumental in the creation of the Protector of the Year award, according to NFL executive Troy Vincent. (Bryan Bennett/Getty Images) (Bryan Bennett via Getty Images) https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/nfl-to-honor-leagues-best-offensive-lineman-with-protector-of-the-year-award-201237632.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD3yK3HxfDkItmsr71tdKrG9rhN-7LUAHfuTC479MIHdRTcn1PNBWy6JJsek1UdQDkEDwQn-f8GbmxGZlyNy9avyaWeuOkdUvvfzgu7NYKUpQ3BhnTotgBANwDAzroaaISnaayHxtGvVnWZrmbwVZVDobuhic0vqeCDPc55Otkad Quote
Wacka Posted May 22 Posted May 22 21 hours ago, First Round Bust said: ihould be named after a long-time HOF lineman...John Hannah...Ron Yary...Mick Tingelhoff...and then add...Blocker of the Year Award....sponsored by...Preparation-H or Gas-X... No, Immodium. 1 Quote
Gunsgoodtime Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Actually pretty good idea. Good job Dion offensive lineman deserve more respect. Quote
Doc Brown Posted May 22 Posted May 22 2 hours ago, Big Blitz said: While we’re on the subject of best OT in the game (I bet this award goes to an OT as often as QB wins MVP maybe I’m wrong) but it is downright criminal that Dawkins hasn’t made an all pro team. He’s one of the 3 best OTs in the game. Underrated and disrespected. Yahoo sports referring to him as a Guard: ….Vincent credited Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl guard Dion Dawkins and retired Los Angeles Rams All-Pro tackle Andrew Whitworth for helping facilitate the award. *image* Buffalo Bills guard Dion Dawkins, 73, was instrumental in the creation of the Protector of the Year award, according to NFL executive Troy Vincent. (Bryan Bennett/Getty Images) (Bryan Bennett via Getty Images) https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/nfl-to-honor-leagues-best-offensive-lineman-with-protector-of-the-year-award-201237632.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD3yK3HxfDkItmsr71tdKrG9rhN-7LUAHfuTC479MIHdRTcn1PNBWy6JJsek1UdQDkEDwQn-f8GbmxGZlyNy9avyaWeuOkdUvvfzgu7NYKUpQ3BhnTotgBANwDAzroaaISnaayHxtGvVnWZrmbwVZVDobuhic0vqeCDPc55Otkad Love Dion but it's hard to see him making an All Pro team with Penel Sewell, Lane Johnson, Tristin Wirfs, Jordan Mailata, and Rashawn Slater in this league. Definitely deserves a pro bowl nod though. Quote
BearNorth Posted May 23 Posted May 23 On 5/21/2025 at 5:09 PM, First Round Bust said: ihould be named after a long-time HOF lineman...John Hannah...Ron Yary...Mick Tingelhoff...and then add...Blocker of the Year Award....sponsored by...Preparation-H or Gas-X... I imagine the NFLPA already has suggested this be named the Gene Upshaw award, Hall of Famer, 3 rings. 2 Quote
Buffalo Junction Posted May 24 Posted May 24 15 hours ago, BearNorth said: I imagine the NFLPA already has suggested this be named the Gene Upshaw award, Hall of Famer, 3 rings. Or Anthony Munoz Quote
BearNorth Posted May 24 Posted May 24 16 hours ago, Buffalo Junction said: Or Anthony Munoz Yes but Upshaw ran the NFLPA for a quarter century and made a LOT of football players wealthy men Quote
Buffalo716 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 On 5/22/2025 at 3:52 PM, Doc Brown said: Love Dion but it's hard to see him making an All Pro team with Penel Sewell, Lane Johnson, Tristin Wirfs, Jordan Mailata, and Rashawn Slater in this league. Definitely deserves a pro bowl nod though. Some of those names are right tackles and Dion Dawkins has 7 years of consistency and he's getting better He's a tremendous left tackle who deserves more credit 1 1 Quote
Doc Brown Posted May 24 Posted May 24 28 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Some of those names are right tackles and Dion Dawkins has 7 years of consistency and he's getting better He's a tremendous left tackle who deserves more credit I think Trent Williams, Tristan Wirfs, Jordan Mailata, Lane Johnson, Laremy Tunsil, Christian Darrisaw, and Rashawn Slater are better left tackles than Dawkins if we're going to just keep it on the left side. I think making the pro bowl four years in a row is getting enough credit. I don't think he's ever been close to being a top two left tackle in the league though when it comes to All Pro voting. Quote
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