NFL Pro Bowler Dion Dawkins on personal style, doubts surrounding Bills, protecting star QB Josh Allen

The Buffalo Bills traded Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans this offseason. Colin Cowherd and Bills OT Dion Dawkins discuss what Diggs’ absence will mean for the Bills offense and if they can move on without him.

The Buffalo Bills host the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 8 to kick off their 2024 campaign. While star quarterback Josh Allen begins his seventh NFL season in Western New York, this year's Bills team looks drastically different from the 2023 edition.

Four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs was traded to the Houston Texans and will catch passes from rising star C.J. Stroud instead of Allen. Safeties Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde also left as part of the Bills' offseason shuffle.

While the Bills roster went through some considerable turnover throughout the offseason, one prominent member of the team's offense is not only returning, he remains firmly entrenched along the offensive line.

Dion Dawkins was drafted in 2017 and has spent his entire standout NFL career in Buffalo. He has also been named to four consecutive Pro Bowls. The star offensive lineman told Fox News Digital what he's learned after blocking for Allen for six years.

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Dion Dawkins of the Buffalo Bills looks on from the sideline prior to the game against the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 2023. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

Dawkins noted that continuity along any offensive line is key.

"Our quarterback needs to learn where he's comfortable at in the pocket, if he can stand [at a certain spot] longer or stand [somewhere else] longer or stand [in another position behind the offensive line] longer … all the way from the left tackle to the right. That's where that