{"id":27973,"date":"2024-02-27T10:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T07:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/27973\/bills-dion-dawkins-rips-micheal\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T10:35:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T07:35:18","slug":"bills-dion-dawkins-rips-micheal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=27973","title":{"rendered":"Bills&#8217; Dion Dawkins rips Micheal Clemons, Jets: &#8216;I hate them&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bills&#8217; Dion Dawkins rips Micheal Clemons, Jets: &#8216;I hate them&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rich Cimini, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">February 26, 2024, 9:20 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN.  Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast.  He was previously a writer for the New York Daily News and graduated from Syracuse University.  You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rivalry between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets could reach a new level of nastiness in 2024, thanks to Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins, who attacked the Jets and defensive end Micheal Clemons in an interview published last <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichCimini\/status\/1762148908636024900\">appearing on VladTV,<\/a> called Clemons a &#8220;b&#8212;- boy&#8221; and accused him of instigating their postgame brawl in the Highmark Stadium tunnel on Nov. 19 after the Bills&#39; 32-6 victory.  \u201cCrazy people are weird,\u201d Dawkins said, when asked directly about the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the Jets, he said: \u201cI hate them all, bro.  \u2026 When it comes to sports, there are people who play this sport because they love this sport.  And then there are people who simply practice this sport.  &#8220;To try to be cool. I feel like they&#39;re in this sport to try to be cool. It&#39;s a bunch of guys who just want to take pictures on Instagram. It&#39;s crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dawkins identified Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams as \u201cable-bodied\u201d and said, \u201cI like him.\u201d  \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther people don\u2019t care, they don\u2019t like them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins said Clemons was talking about quarterback Josh Allen during a televised timeout early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, why are you talking to my quarterback? Don&#39;t talk to my quarterback,&#8221; Dawkins said.  &#8220;Stay there. Don&#39;t tell any of my guys. Just stay there, son. Don&#39;t talk to 17. I&#39;m really serious about this. Don&#39;t talk to him. Don&#39;t say anything for him, n &#39;is this not ? &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>After that, Clemons pointed at several individual players on the Bills, called their numbers and swore at them, according to Dawkins, who was furious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe attacked the whole team, everyone on the pitch, pointing at us and shouting his rhythm,\u201d he said.  &#8220;What am I supposed to do? I&#39;m the OG. I&#39;ve been on this line the longest. I&#39;m the one who&#39;s going to punch you in the face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins said he warned Clemons: \u201cRemember what you said, son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One play later, the Bills ran a running play in which Dawkins moved alongside Clemons.  They met face to face and Dawkins knocked him down.  Claiming he didn&#39;t hear a whistle, Dawkins jumped on Clemons with what he described as a &#8220;belly flop.&#8221;  They both got up and Clemons threw him to the ground.  This resulted in an unnecessary roughness penalty for Dawkins and a possible fine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\"><p>&#8220;When it comes to sports, there are people who play the sport because they love the sport. And then there are people who play the sport just to try to be cool. I have the It feels like they&#39;re doing this sport to try to be cool. They&#39;re a bunch of guys who just want to take pictures on Instagram. It&#39;s crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-container headshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bills-Dion-Dawkins-rips-Micheal-Clemons-Jets-I-hate-them.png&#038;w=65&#038;h=90&#038;scale=crop&#038;background=0xcccccc&#038;transparent=false.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Dion Dawkins, on the Jets<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This made for a heated fourth quarter, setting the stage for the postgame altercation.  Dawkins said Clemons followed him into the tunnel but was afraid to challenge him face to face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to take on someone, run all the way at someone,\u201d Dawkins said.  Don&#39;t run and stop 5 meters behind and just <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> talking. So when he did that, I was like, &#39;First of all, you really don&#39;t want to fight me. You&#39;re really a ass&#8212;-.&#39;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No punches were thrown, but Dawkins admitted to pushing Clemons during the skirmish.  They were separated by the players.<\/p>\n<p>Clemons never commented on the incident.  On Monday, Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner responded to an X-rated post of a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> clip of Dawkins&#39; interview with VladTV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI play this game because I love it and it takes care of my family,\u201d Gardner <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamSauceGardner\/status\/1762141840462037332\">said the<\/a>.  &#8220;It also gives me a platform to inspire young people. I have no problem with anyone. I didn&#39;t know that was a thing until I watched this video.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Jets and Bills split the season <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">series<\/a>, with the Jets winning the season opener in overtime.  In that game, they lost quarterback Aaron Rodgers to a season-ending torn Achilles on a sack of Leonard Floyd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bills&#8217; Dion Dawkins rips Micheal Clemons, Jets: &#8216;I hate them&#8217;\u060c Rich Cimini, ESPN editorFebruary 26, 2024, 9:20 p.m. Close Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. 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