Bills Pro Bowl OT Dion Dawkins Talks Aaron Donald & More | Full Interview | The Rich Eisen Show

Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl OT Dion Dawkins tells Rich Eisen Show guest host Kirk Morrison why offensive lineman around the NFL are rejoicing over Aaron Donald’s retirement, explains his fake-out tweet that had Bills Mafia thinking he wouldn’t be re-signing with the team, and explains why blue cheese dressing, not ranch, is the only way to eat Buffalo wings..

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Aaron Donald one of the best defensive tackles ever in the National Football League and uh I know our next guest is probably happy as a offensive lineman in the National Football League left tackle for the Buffalo Bills Deon Dawkins joined us Dion uh just your reaction

Dion man when you hear that Aaron Donald uh retiring from the National Football League your thoughts as a as a as a current player you know what uh my thoughts go all over Place brother uh I’m sitting here with uh AJ Essa and uh he just

Broke out the uh news which he just gave the uh the head nod and he said uh ad and retired and I was like man I kind of knew it was gonna happen because like eventually like who wants to get Triple team and double team over and

Over and over and over and over man like does nobody want to get Triple team and double team for years and years and years and years like uh so but either way uh great player um as a competitor I would have loved to compete against him at least one or two

More times but um you know the interior guys definitely just got a large chip off of their shoulder because I know there was some guys that are looking at their teams they’re like all right we gotta play Aaron Donald twice a year and now he’s out so um a lot of guys just

Took a nice little sitb back in their chair and went but you know it’s all good man what about your interactions with Aaron Donald because couple years ago we know the Buffalo Bills came into Los Angeles and kicked the door in to start the season and thought going straight to the

Super Bowl that year but you your interactions with him on the field yeah uh it’s been it’s been good um like I don’t have too much uh like conversation with with a but um playing wise the respect is there which is all I can ask for and uh he’s

Made a lot of good and good plays against our team and um as a competitor you know it’s it’s an honor to be able to be on the football field with with guys like that and to compete and a game plan against and even like he’s an

Interior guy but when even when he comes out over the The Tackle like I’m like all right here we go I got to make sure everything is on point cuz here comes like ad but um the interactions like have been cool neutral calm and uh and good you know as a competitive

Standpoint you know yeah never been left never been right he’s always been super straight and I respect it so Dion you know I got a bone to pick with you because in a week in which NFL news is coming from left and right north south east and

West Dion Dawkins decides to send a tweet out an ex out whatever it is talking about it’s was good while it lasted Buffalo excited for this next chapter of my football career wonder if it’s okay to eat Ranch now so let’s just start with the first partch soon as I

Saw that I said come on I’m literally about to call the people in Buffalo like what are y’all doing first of all and I’m like how like why you and then all of a sudden right at and I start texting people like is this real like why would

They yeah yeah and then all of a sudden you say I’m just joking like how could you play with so many people’s emotions man I would never leave Buffalo I’m never leaving I’m a I’m Buffalo for life why give us this emotional roller coaster di you know

Cause when it comes down to it we’re entertainers man and and I enjoy to entertain as well as I enjoy to play the game um certain things I find funny and for the people that believe that yeah it just shows that people really don’t be listening when you talk because

In every interview and everything that I speak about I speak about Buffalo and how I would never leave so for y’all to think that I would turn my back back on you is crazy so I’m like look let’s let’s test their loyalty let’s see let’s see where let’s see how they really feel

So um I took it there and I you know kept it to where it is I got you you know it’s it’s just a little laugh but entertainment is entertainment I thought it was funny it was funny uh because it had everybody going and it

Was like Wow cuz you got to think all these insiders are like how does he know something that we don’t know I’m like this is the actual player like he’s going to know but you were rewarded with a three-year extension as well you go into that final year of the contract and

I know a lot of players are like man what’s going to happen and they decide you know what we don’t even worry about this last year we’re going to extend you another year congratulations on the new deal uh I know you’re happy that you got extended and now the Buffalo Bills

Making some news obviously with their signings and their pickups now but what’s now the Outlook so far this offseason having signed that new deal and where the team is heading yeah um well number one as a leader and as a player uh I’m happy about the deal that I signed

Because it it leaves room for my teammates and for us to build a Super Bowl team um it comes to my heart of doing my part and uh doing my job and with the picks that we’re getting and the picks that are in there and the moving around that’s that’s going it’s

Definitely eye opening it’s like wow like what Po’s gone what uh Saran is gone what Trey is gone what Mitch is gone what it’s just like wow but you know in this league it’s it’s a chess game yeah and the pieces are always gonna move and I think that it’s the

Saddest thing of this league that you build relationships over a short period of time with with guys um the NFL it sucks but for a lot of people it’s it’s not for long and you know like I was with Mitch for five years and those five years seemed like

Forever but now those five years have come to a and and but uh I trust in my organization I trust in bean I trust in mcdermit I trust in uh in my teammates and I trust in the people that have to do their job um I don’t ever want to

Question bean and what are you doing like why’ you cut this guy or why’ you let him him go that was a big mistake I’m not a GM I am a left tackle um I do my part off of the football field uh because that’s where at my heart is and

I’mma do my job which is to protect the 17 and I’mma do it to the best that I can do but uh I don’t question Bean man um I think that bean knows exactly what he’s doing as well as mcder as well as Pula so uh I trust in it they’re gonna

Keep the right guys here to give us just that chance to be in a position to win which it seems like we’re in every year and we just got to overly kick that door in and uh and get over that hump but uh you know those guys do what they do and

I’m proud of them yeah Deon Dawkins left tackle for the Buffalo Bill so you said protecting 17 but you protect your chicken wings away from Ranch why is that are you not a ranch guy are you only blue cheese barbecue like you protecting the quarterback how you

Protect wings from the ranch I’m not a ranch guy either but always want to know your perspective cuz I know that may be in Buffalo home of the buffalo wings and Anchor Bar and and all the other spots that I’ve been to what is yeah there you

Go so no Ranch for you no Ranch for you huh yeah listen um now I’m a now I can’t say it was never never ranch right before I got to Buffalo it was definitely blue cheese with sometimes I might have Ranch on my plate to dip my

Horizon but when you get to Buffalo and you sign that deal at Buffalo yeah ranch is out of the pitching simple as that it’s either you’re on board or you’re not we eat blue cheese in Buffalo the blue cheese in Buffalo is different from the blue cheese in Carolina Texas

California Arizona is different like our blue cheese I you could think about it as nasty they make it they make their own blue cheese and uh I love it it’s good it goes good with the wings and it’s crazy cuz almost every restaurant there the blue cheese taste different so

When you go to barville their blue cheese is is a hint different from mulberries and from lovas and from and from ilos like everybody’s blue cheese has a a different hit but I’m a big boy so I definitely I’m just saying like you just you just broke down you just broke

Down blue cheese dressing in like five different ways like this one has a hint of this this one has a hint of this like this one got more chunks this one don’t got no chunks this one’s just a little bit more runny this one’s a little bit

More th so hey man it’s uh it’s the truth and when you’re a big boy and you’ve been here for eight years uh you tend to have touched every spot that has a stove so I’ve definitely touched every spot that has a stove and an oven and uh

That blue cheese is definitely ping over wrench man Dion man always a treat man to see you brother you look good this off season I can’t wait congratulations on the new deal and uh enjoy the rest of the offseason brother and look forward to seeing you down the line man thank

You bro it’s always an honor whenever we get together you’re definitely a king in this world and uh and I appreciate you bro I really really do so keep doing what you’re doing for guys and that and at me that have one day to inspire to

Doing what you do and to be in the role that you’re in it’s an honor so uh I take it with all respect and all love that you even had the honor to to or I even had the honor to speak to you so I appreciate you see you soon all love you

Got it brother appreciate it that’s Dion Dawkins everybody catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to 3 Eastern for free