Could Dion Dawkins be an "elite" Guard??

[artmalibu]

Make this craziness stop......

 

At this pace, next week there will be a thread about moving JA to TE.

[RyanC883]

50 minutes ago, artmalibu said:

Make this craziness stop......

 

At this pace, next week there will be a thread about moving JA to TE.

 

Dawkins is not to LTs what JA is to QBs.  

[colin]

plenty of tackles have moved inside and improved their relative play level.

 

getting better at OT would improve more than just those positions, so i'm happy to do that.

 

i really hope brown was trash last season because of his messed up back.  if he can fix that and get back on track it would be a huge help for the line.

 

 

[Riverboat Ritchie]

1 hour ago, artmalibu said:

Make this craziness stop......

 

At this pace, next week there will be a thread about moving JA to TE.

Josh has the stuff to be a decent TE. Lol. Start Barkley at QB and just throw slants to Josh. 

[ddaryl]

Dion is an OK LT but we can improve here IMO

I'd be ok with picking up a LT early in this draft and moving Dion either to RT or LG/RG.... 

[BillsShredder83]

8 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Would that make Dawkins over paid as aguard?

doesnt really matter for a year or two atleast if this is 1 move to sure up two spots at once

[TheyCallMeAndy]

For sure, the issue is finding a good to great LT is significantly harder than finding a good to great LG. 

[BillsShredder83]

26 minutes ago, Riverboat Ritchie said:

Josh has the stuff to be a decent TE. Lol. Start Barkley at QB and just throw slants to Josh. 

Good grief its fun to imagine.  Josh is a gosh damb wrecking ball lol his hs coaches should be ashamed for not giving him a few redzone snaps lol

[Rigotz]

What is with this obsession of moving every good tackle to guard?

 

Every time we get a good tackle in the building, the thought process goes “yes he’s good at tackle, but he’d be a GREAT guard” … we don’t know if he’d be good, we don’t know if he’d be willing to do it, and we DO know he’s an above average starter at one of the most important positions in the league.

 

Im gonna start calling this “drought mentality.”

 

Dont have “drought mentality.”

[BeastMode54]

7 hours ago, ngbills said:

What about him makes him a better G than T? 

when he was drafted he was projected to be a top guard but Nix wanted him at tackle

[Billl]

He's set to make $11m more in 2023 than Saffold made in 2022.  Why would it be a good idea to spend an additional $11m to upgrade the Guard position while creating a hole at LT? 

[T master]

10 hours ago, Special K said:

 

In one of the million mock drafts out there, (don't remember which website or news outlet it was from) the Mock had the Bills selecting Broderick Jones T Georgia. The writer went on to say that if the Bills go this route and select a LT prospect in round 1, it would allow them to slide Dion Dawkins from LT to LG: "where he would go from being an above average tackle, to being an elite guard."

 

Does anyone agree with line of thinking, and more importantly, does anyone think this scenario could be on the Bills radar?

 

Thoughts?

 

I've heard this talked about on 1 Bills Live too & i think Dion is willing to do what ever the team needs him to do & if they can get a top LT in the draft that would definitely make this a possibility & it would be this way until Dion needs to be resigned so I'd be game for it especially if the LT was or had a elite ceiling .

[Kwai San]

Dion has ZERO interest in moving to guard.  Bank it.

[Bray Wyatt]

2 hours ago, BeastMode54 said:

when he was drafted he was projected to be a top guard but Nix wanted him at tackle

 

You must be thinking of Cordy Glenn as Nix was not here when we got Dion (though reports did have Dawkins projecting as a good guard)

[Teddy KGB]

7 hours ago, davefan66 said:

Why would we make him a guard?

so the Bengals defenders don’t pants him again 

[Hatszel]

I think Dawkins in good where he is.   My question would Brown be better moved inside as he get burnt with the speed rush.   Would he be capable of moving inside and getting an upgrade in right tackle?   

[ColoradoBills]

52 minutes ago, T master said:

 

I've heard this talked about on 1 Bills Live too & i think Dion is willing to do whatever the team needs him to do & if they can get a top LT in the draft that would definitely make this a possibility & it would be this way until Dion needs to be resigned so I'd be game for it especially if the LT was or had a elite ceiling .

 

Next year Dion will be 30 and it is the last year of his contract.  His cost probably will be pushing $20M per year or more.

A decision will have to be made next year at OBD as to his future.  It may be a tough one.

 

IF and it's a big IF, Dion "at that time" says he would be willing to move to G for lower pay there is some merit to this idea.

I think it's a year too early to consider any of this, but fans have to realize that these contracts roll over pretty quickly and Beane

and company have to factor all this stuff in continuously.  FWIW, Milano, Taron Johnson and Morse (if he's still with the team) are all up

the same year.  I say the last part to offset the "cap always goes up" talk with the reality that the cost of keeping your own also increases.

[BeastMode54]

36 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

 

You must be thinking of Cordy Glenn as Nix was not here when we got Dion (though reports did have Dawkins projecting as a good guard)

yea you're right. I think I remember hearing Mel Kiper talk about how Dawkins projected as a good guard in the NFL

[msw2112]

I'm not against the concept of Dawkins someday moving to guard, but it raises a few questions for me:

 

• Has Dawkins ever played guard in the NFL, college or high school?
• Does Dawkins have interest or willingness to play guard?
• If he moved to guard, who would replace him at LT?
• If a drafted rookie was to take over at LT, does it make sense to put a rookie there now, with the Bills still in their "window" to win it all (which may be rapidly closing)

[gonzo1105]

11 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Would that make Dawkins over paid as aguard?

 

Not anymore, if you believe he is a top Guard in the league which some believe he would be his salary would fall in line with the top guys at his position.