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I have been very critical of Dion Dawkins  due to what looks like a heavier, out of shape player. I have also questioned his commitment to being a serious top level player.

I was really happy to read today’s article discussing his weight loss and commitment to having a great year.

Was this a “fluff” piece or something to be appreciative of?

Not sure, but I want to give him the benefit of the doubt,,, a good year from Dion could have a huge impact on our season .

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Was just going to start something about this.  I don't think it's a puff piece; Gaughin doesn't do those.  Sounds like he's working hard on diet and such to have a good year this year.

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24 minutes ago, Toledo Bill said:

I have been very critical of Dion Dawkins  due to what looks like a heavier, out of shape player. I have also questioned his commitment to being a serious top level player.

I was really happy to read today’s article discussing his weight loss and commitment to having a great year.

Was this a “fluff” piece or something to be appreciative of?

Not sure, but I want to give him the benefit of the doubt,,, a good year from Dion could have a huge impact on our season .

 

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Mark Gaughan: Dion Dawkins feels fit, trim, and he's ready to make Bills' haters eat their words

 

Dawkins had lost 40 pounds earlier in the offseason. He has been strictly following an eating regimen laid out by the team for the past six months, since the start of March. He’s in great shape and ready for the start of his seventh season.

 

He gained an added 40 pounds from his 330-pound playing weight during late January and February.

 

“I was like 370 by the start of March,” Dawkins said. “I was kinda binging as comfort. Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner. It caught up quick.”

Dawkins met with Will Greenberg, the Bills’ assistant strength and conditioning coach and performance development coach.

 

“I started drinking a ton of water,” Dawkins said. “I would drink 100 ounces of water before I would eat anything, before I would put any food into my body. Every day. Then I was doing two Chipotle salads a day, like 600 to 800 calories a day. That’s it. If I needed a pick-me-up, I’d have a protein bar for 200 calories.”

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Well, we all knew he looked fat.  Glad to hear he is committed to being in shape.  He had a “down” year last season and we need him to be an above average LT again.

 

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Love this piece and the insight!  I feel like this team has a chip on its shoulder now rather than the media darlings they were entering last year, and I like that and think it’s a good thing.  

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10 minutes ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

 

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Mark Gaughan: Dion Dawkins feels fit, trim, and he's ready to make Bills' haters eat their words

 

Dawkins had lost 40 pounds earlier in the offseason. He has been strictly following an eating regimen laid out by the team for the past six months, since the start of March. He’s in great shape and ready for the start of his seventh season.

 

This is excellent news to start the morning. The loss of weight is an indication of his commitment - both mind and body have to be in concert. The team really needs him to play well. 

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Hope he can keep these habits into the future, and by that I mean well beyond his playing career to many stories about players really ballooning after retirement.

 

Any one remember the cowboys player who put on well over 100 pounds after retirement? His name escapes me at the moment.

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Personally, I don’t hold out much hope he’ll ever be dominant. Too interested in being a goof off and never really serious about health and commitment to excellence. He entered the League as a ‘good’ LT, which in its own right puts him above the pack. But -until this dramatic weight loss, he’s never really striven to excel. 
jmo, but depending how the season shakes out, LT should be high on our Draft board next April.

 

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He can be a top 10 LT any given game.   Hopefully he's focused and motivated enough to achieve those results and play with a mean streak.
 

We could sure use an All-Pro type season from him.  Perhaps his performance will also motivate Spencer Brown 

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i honestly don't understand how these NFL players are not able to stay under a diet regime, especially during the season. they have individual meals for them daily, vitamins per pplayer, an entire nutrition program and they can follow it in the offseason.

 

hell, college programs do this for their players year round - it's amazing nfl players/teams don't do this.

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3 minutes ago, boyst said:

i honestly don't understand how these NFL players are not able to stay under a diet regime, especially during the season. they have individual meals for them daily, vitamins per pplayer, an entire nutrition program and they can follow it in the offseason.

 

hell, college programs do this for their players year round - it's amazing nfl players/teams don't do this.

you're a farmer.

 

ever hear the phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink?"

 

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4 minutes ago, boyst said:

i honestly don't understand how these NFL players are not able to stay under a diet regime, especially during the season. they have individual meals for them daily, vitamins per pplayer, an entire nutrition program and they can follow it in the offseason.

 

hell, college programs do this for their players year round - it's amazing nfl players/teams don't do this.

 

I think he said that it was after the season where things got crazy for him.

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7 minutes ago, boyst said:

i honestly don't understand how these NFL players are not able to stay under a diet regime, especially during the season. they have individual meals for them daily, vitamins per pplayer, an entire nutrition program and they can follow it in the offseason.

 

hell, college programs do this for their players year round - it's amazing nfl players/teams don't do this.

Ya gotta wanna, from a player standpoint

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