Buffalo Bills offensive linemen Dion Dawkins missed practice on Wednesday due to illness ahead of Sunday's AFC Championship.
The Buffalo Bills played what was nearly a perfectly clean game in their 27-25 win over the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round of the playoffs. Buffalo allowed just one sack on Josh Allen and had just one penalty all game.
Offensive tackle Dion Dawkins was his usually animated self after the Ravens game, declaring that he was "tired of all the bickering and talk...Josh Alen is the MVP."
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Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins (illness) missed Wednesday's practice with an illness, according to the team's X account. The four-time Pro Bowler is one of the most important pieces of the Buffalo offense,
Dawkins was flagged for an offensive holding CBS analyst Tony Romo labeled "a terrible call" during the Bills game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Dawkins forced Baltimore outside linebacker David Ojabo to the ground, which called back a completion from Josh Allen to Curtis Samuel for 8 yards.
With one more victory, Buffalo reaches the Super Bowl for the first time in three decades. But a familiar nemesis stands in their way.
The Bills advanced to the AFC championship game next Sunday against the conference’s top seed, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
"On an ice-cold Sunday night at Highmark Stadium, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills launched a strategic, calculated attack at the favored Baltimore Ravens in the AFC divisional playoffs, and they executed their plan to perfection,
Following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 23-14 Divisional round victory over the Houston Texans on Saturday, the team is once again headed to a postseason showdown with the Buffalo Bills — this time for the AFC championship.