Paul Daughtery: Doc: Zac Taylor came in strutting, without actually strutting. He was

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(05-11-2022, 08:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Then he posted that his house was for sale. 

And then deleted the Tweet as posted above.  So maybe he had second thoughts. Also for all we know his social media shenanigans were an effort to convince the coaches to put him back in the starting lineup. His “I don’t got time for this.” quote was from when he was demoted and shared a picture of the depth chart.  That doesn't necessarily prove that he was intentionally trying to force his way out of Cincinnati.  It could very well be just a sign of frustration.

We can guess what his intentions were all day long.  But until he flat out says he was trying to force his way out of Cincinnati in the middle of the 2020 season there is no proof that he did those things intentionally to be traded or released.

Anyway the defense didn't get significantly worse after he was traded.  But if we are talking culture, it seems an unhappy bad apple was removed.  That's not an insult to Dunlap, he is a great player, but it seems he wasn't a fit for the current Bengals team.