Roster turnover

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There is a really excellent article on Zac in The Athletic written by national NFL reporter Dan Pompei.  It is discussing how Zac became the coach he is today.  There is a really interesting section on the roster turnover

The entire article is behind a paywall which currently is $1.00/month

https://theathletic.com/2976527/2021/11/26/zacs-a-sponge-what-bengals-coach-zac-taylor-learned-along-the-way-to-build-a-winner-in-cincinnati/?source=emp_shared_article

Quote:“The No. 1 thing I wanted was the players to walk in the door excited to come into work every day,” he says.

For that to happen, some weeds had to be uprooted.

There was no place for veterans who wanted to do things the way they always had done them. Those trying to turn minor injuries into rail passes on the gravy train were told to keep moving. He didn’t need big names who thought they — and their Louis Vuitton carry-ons — belonged in first class on road trips.

Taylor wanted players who feel the same hunger in the center of the chest that he does. “Sometimes, I love seeing Joe’s urgency in practice at the line of scrimmage, the volume of his cadence,” Taylor says of his quarterback.

After two years, the team that once was Lewis’ has become Taylor’s completely.