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[SunsetBengal]

(05-27-2021, 05:42 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I think Dunlap's main issue was the coaches were acting like children and weren't men enough to discuss they're plans with him. Which I think as a player who played here for 10 years he was owed and if the coaches think they don't need to communicate with there players that in part shows they're incompetence. After these past 2 years I don't know how anyone has faith in this coaching staff.

I'm glad our players have a good vibe starting and everyone is involved in the ota's but to act like some of the past players mentioned didn't care about winning is a little ridiculous. 

I think the parting of ways was mutually appreciated.  I don't think that the coaching staff should have had to clear their plans with a player, prior to implementing them, or that a 10 year veteran of the NFL should have behaved in the way that he did, either.  I love the production that Dunlap gave the Bengals for so many seasons, but it was obvious to even the most casual of observers that he was not playing hard like we were used to seeing.  At the point where he decided to leverage his feelings on the coaching staff by not playing hard, and taking team stuff public, he became an expensive liability rather than a valuable asset.

I'm happy for Carlos that he found a home in Seattle, and is comfortable playing there.  The adrenalin boost when he was traded boosted his stock a little bit.  However, he was still cut, and then re-signed for about half of what he was making previously.  Sorry to see his Bengal career end on a sour note, as I would have liked to have seen him retire as a Bengal.  But as they say, the NFL is a business, and he wasn't living up to his paycheck.