Dunlap traded to Seattle

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(10-28-2020, 01:41 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Choked on that one... what exactly was his effort for the 1st five games this year when he was the starter?

I think you misinterpreted by point.
When I said "usage," I didn't just mean getting demoted.
I mean literally how he was used.

As in he didn't like the role he's been in all year, which was being used partly at OLB and also getting reduced snaps.

Also, to the point I think you are trying to make, here is Carlos Dunlap's snap percentage by game:
Game 1 - 70%
Game 2 - 52%
Game 3 - 82% (a tie)
Game 4 - 75% (the only win)
Game 5 - 46%
Game 6 - 45%
Game 7 - 23%

So in games that Dunlap got 75% or more of the defensive snaps, they didn't lose. In games where he had less than 75%, they lost every one.

When Marvin was HC, Dunlap was averaging around 75-80% of the defensive snaps each year.

His thought process (right or wrong) could have been that if the Bengals used him more during the games they lost this year, perhaps they would have had more wins.

As for his effort, I am not going to go rewatch every defensive snap of every game to try to make some subjective determination of how much effort he gave. All I care about are wins and losses. If a loss, I care about production at that point. I don't really care about a player's effort as long as the team is wins or if they put up good production in a loss. If there is not production, I don't necessarily chalk it up as a lack of effort. They could be giving effort but just not effective. Regardless, it's not production.