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(11-24-2021, 08:26 AM)fredtoast Wrote: My point by showing his career totals is to prove his consistency and durability.  He was a steady grinder instead of a guy who flashed a big year once or twice and then disappeared. 

It takes some special type of spin to shit on a guy for ranking top ten in the league over a decade.  And, of course it also requires you to just look at one stat like sacks and ignore everything else like tackles, QB hits, and passes defended.



Dunlap was BELOW AVERAGE for a DE in broad jump, long jump, bench press, 3-cone drill, and short shuttle.  He also had a DUI arrest before the bowl game but that had nothing to do with work ethic.

If I do the same exercise with other stats, it's just going to be the same result because there are only a handful of players that played in all the exact same seasons he did.  There are a bunch of guys already in the league when he came in that were better than him that he will beat in that timeframe simply because they retired and did not accrue as many seasons.  Similarly, there are a bunch of guys who came into the league after Dunlap that were better, but didn't accrue as many seasons.  It's literally weighted in Dunlap's favor.

Dunlap was below average for his size in only one combine test.  He was 70th percentile or better in half of them and 98th percentile in 3 of them.  He was a great athlete for a DE his size.  His issues went beyond a DUI.  He had serious work ethic questions.