Bills LT Dawkins named team's Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee

[Saxum]

https://www.thedailynewsonline.com/sports/bills-lt-dawkins-named-teams-walter-payton-man-of-the-year-nominee/image_fd21b8ec-948e-11ee-882a-632115f558b6.html

• Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins was named the team’s Walter Payton Man of the Year award nominee. The Walter Payton Man of the Year award was established by the NFL in 1970 and honors the late Chicago Bears running back, recognizing one player at the end of the season for their excellence on and off the field. Each of the league’s 32 teams selects a player as its nominee. The winner of the award will be selected in the weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVIII. Dawkins is the founder of the Dion’s Dreamers Foundation, whose mission is to provide mentorship and support to young men and women in underserved communities, as well as those in a place of mental, financial or physical hardship.

 

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2023/12/6/23987421/buffalo-rumblinks-12-6-dion-dawkins-buffalos-walter-payton-nfl-man-of-the-year-nominee-josh-allen

• In today's edition of the Buffalo Rumblinks, we discuss the news that, for the second consecutive year, Dawkins’ hard work and dedication to improving the city of Buffalo has earned him an important nod: as the Bills’ Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee.

 

https://www.buffalobills.com/video/dion-dawkins-keep-that-intensity-up

Dion Dawkins: "Keep That Intensity Up"

• Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins meets with the media following practice Wednesday. Topics Include: Being selected as Walter Payton Man of the Year for the second consecutive time and his drive to positively impact the community, playing in Kansas City following the bye, and mindset of the locker room going into the last five games

 

 

[bobobonators]

(Crickets). 
 

If the title of the thread dealt with Von’s charges, Beane not drafting a WR, or McD simply breathing air, we’d be at 10pp by now. 
 

Congratulations to Dion. A second round draft day steal. 

[chongli]

 

 

 

 

 

[damj]

Good for Shnow Man ... love this dude ... he knows how to keep it real. 

[Saxum]

I was told by a relative he showed up at a bingo game and gave money to lead telling to buy each of them another bingo card.

Most had no idea who he was other than big.

[damj]

2 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

I was told by a relative he showed up at a bingo game and gave money to lead telling to buy each of them another bingo card.

Most had no idea who he was other than big.

His open letters to fans are great he wears his emotions on his sleeve like so many of us

[Saxum]

44 minutes ago, damj said:

His open letters to fans are great he wears his emotions on his sleeve like so many of us

 

He does a lot which is not reported.

[Ray Stonada]

We should appreciate guys like him so much more.

 

It’s very easy to sit at home and call these guys chumps or lazy or worthless.

 

Try doing their job. Tougher than it might look, playing left tackle in the NFL.

 

And then to put this energy into helping people, you gotta love it.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

This guy deserves it. 
 

He caught way too much garbage from fans earlier this year. He’s a solid player at a prime position on a team friendly deal. Those things considered, paired with the fact he is a fun personality and his community work, I am very happy for him. 

[DrDawkinstein]

Congrats, Dion!

 

Not a knock, but iirc it seems like he is the Bills' nominee every year? I think he needs to challenge the rest of the team to step up and do something worthy of beating him for the nomination next year.

[BillsVet]

8 hours ago, damj said:

His open letters to fans are great he wears his emotions on his sleeve like so many of us

 

Sometimes that's not the best way.  Doing it all the time wears a person out I would suspect. 

 

I see plenty of emotion on the field lead to unnecessary penalties.  

[EffKCChiefs]

Good job tityboi 

[teef]

9 minutes ago, EffKCChiefs said:

Good job tityboi 

you want to burry you face in those things.

[Charles Romes]

He’s a dancing bear out there and very good player. Still upsetting to think of what he could have been with a serious training regimen. 

[Mr. WEO]

How is not Matt Araiza??

[BBFL]

Let it Shnow!

[Dablitzkrieg]

2 hours ago, Charles Romes said:

He’s a dancing bear out there and very good player. Still upsetting to think of what he could have been with a serious training regimen. 

Oh Adonis, do show a pic if your sculpted physique please 🙏🏽 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Dablitzkrieg

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Oh Adonis, do show a pic if your sculpted physique please 🙏🏽 

 

When you are paid for your physical abilities you have higher expectations than if you are paid to sit in office 8x5.  

Offense Linemen tend to be more massive to make it harder to push (see Eagles) and I do not expect him to have body of Butch Rolle but I would love for Dion to have the Rusty Jones treatment. 

[butch rolle]

49 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

When you are paid for your physical abilities you have higher expectations than if you are paid to sit in office 8x5.  

Offense Linemen tend to be more massive to make it harder to push (see Eagles) and I do not expect him to have body of Butch Rolle but I would love for Dion to have the Rusty Jones treatment. 

I appreciate that compliment!

[Just Jack]

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2023 Nationwide Charity Challenge

Cast your vote for your favorite Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee. The player with the most votes wins $35,000 for their charity, while nominees with the second- and third-most votes win $10,000 and $5,000, respectively, for their charities. Vote today, tomorrow and every day until January 8th.

 

 

 

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If the Leaderboard at this link is correct, he's in 5th place right now. 

 

Leaderboard - NFL Man Of The Year | NFL.com

Edited January 2 by Just Jack