Dion Dawkins doesn’t want to compare Buffalo Bills 7-2 in Jim Kelly days

ORCHARD PARK, NY – After every game, especially wins, Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott reminds his players to stay “humble and hungry.”

After their 44-34 victory Sunday over the Seattle Seahawks at the top of the NFC West, they stuck to that philosophy.

Left tackle Dion Dawkins was asked about the importance of Buffalo’s 7-2 start to the season – his first since 1993 – and if it meant something the team was able to do something they didn’t have made from the Hall of Famer Jim Kelly. led the Bills to four straight Super Bowls.

Dawkins, also a team captain, didn’t think so.

“It really doesn’t mean anything. I don’t want to compare us to Jim Kelly’s time, Thurman Thomas, like, these guys are legends,” he said. “We’re a long way from them. They hold the crown. They’re the kings. But that just shows that we’re able to do whatever we want. We’ve got all the pieces here. And we just have to keep doing things right. correctly, on and off the pitch.

“It’s never perfect. None of us are perfect. We all make mistakes. But we just have to stay one foot in front of the other and keep climbing and it will be fine for us if we keep that mindset.”

Buffalo started the season with four straight wins before losing back-to-back games to the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs. Since then, the Bills have been on a three-game winning streak.

Even McDermott knew the Bills hadn’t just sent in a replacement opponent. The Seahawks 6-2 were the league’s strongest offense starting on Sunday, and after questions throughout the week as to whether Buffalo could call, McDermott’s team felt they had silenced doubts.

“It’s just another win, I mean it’s hard to find like I said before,” McDermott said. “I appreciate the way our players played in all three phases, really complementing each other.

“Any win is a great win in the National Football League, but let’s be honest it’s a really good football team that we played today, just like the Patriots, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that week to get our game to where the guys took it. They earned it, they worked their butt during the week, they were focused. “

That goal was hard to come by for quarterback Josh Allen, whose grandmother passed away on Saturday night, McDermott said.

The Bills coach called Allen a “mentally tough young man” not only for playing on Sunday, but also for delivering a career performance with 415 passing yards and four total TDs.

“We spoke last night before the meetings, I called Josh and just asked him where he was,” McDermott said. “I expressed my sympathy to him, and his family, and he said he wanted to play. And you know he just felt like he was going to have to compartmentalize for a good part of 24 hours to complete the game. match – and that’s what he did and then he was emotional after the match and, you know, it wasn’t an easy thing to play. “

Allen did not comment on his grandmother’s death after the game, but pointed to the sky in celebration after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

He said it was “really exciting” to beat the Seahawks like the Bills did on Sunday, especially as Buffalo prepares to visit another big power offensive in Arizona next week.

“Sitting here 7-2, we’re excited about what we can do and how we can play,” Allen said. “But we understand that seven wins doesn’t get you into the playoffs. We have to keep finding ways to keep stacking weeks and focusing on one week at a time. We know we have a different challenge. next week we have to plan the game for. Every time you step on the pitch it’s a little different. “