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PFF: Bills' Dion Dawkins finished 2021 season on the rise

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Dion Dawkins finished his season on a hot streak. Even the analytics thought so.

According to Pro Football Focus, the Bills left tackle was the highest-graded player at his position from Week 13 on.

Dawkins started and played in four regular-season games and two playoff games, missing the Week 14 matchup against the Carolina Panthers:

 

Dawkins did not commit a penalty during those six games. The last penalty he committed came in Week 11 against the New Orleans Saints. Dawkins was penalized three times for holding in the Bills’ first game of the season, then committed just six penalties the rest of the season.

Dawkins, a second-round pick in 2017, was rewarded by the Bills in 2021 with a four-year, $58 million contract.

He’s the 11th highest-paid left tackle in football at $14.575 million per season. He still has two years remaining protecting Josh Allen’s blindside.

With the way the first two seasons have gone, it’s looking like Dawkins could be in Buffalo for much longer.