Dunlap traded to Seattle

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(10-28-2020, 01:46 PM)TheFan Wrote: I think his first 9-10 years kind of dispelled that. Up until this current season no one had a negative word to say about Dunlap. Some people here are acting like he's been all about drama or dogging it for years. 

Dunlap has had a long history of on and off play. It has not been a problem in Cincinnati because his highs have more than outweighed his lows, but his effort has always been variable.

Look no further than last season. In the first 8 games of 2019, he played 6 games, had 1 sack, 5 TFL, 5 QB Hits, 1 PD, 0 FF and 22 tackles. In the final 8 games, of which he played all 8, he had 8 sacks, 8 TFL, 16 QB Hits, 7 PD, 2 FF and 41 tackles.

And this wasn't a case of him not playing as many snaps, as he averaged 81% of all defensive snaps in the first half (not counting the two games he missed) and 81.25% in the second half.

He has had hot and cold streaks very similar to this over the course of his entire career, like in 2018 when he had 7 sacks in the first half of the season and just 1 sack in the second half of the season or the 2 to 5.5 sack ratio between halves in 2017.

I remember last season thinking he was done after the first half of the season and, perhaps, disinterested since we were winless to that point, but then he stormed back to have a really good season.  Made me think he was getting over an injury or something.

And then this season came and he showed no effort at all all the way up until he was benched and then traded.