Good info into the Dunlap saga

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(10-30-2020, 10:42 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Well, can you blame them? Dunlap should be better than the likes of Khalid Kareem, Amani Bledsoe, and Margus Hunt.
This is yet another case of Bengals trying to fit square pegs into round holes rather than adapt the playcalling to the strength of the players.

Put yourself in Dunlap's shoes.
You're a near-perfect fit as a 4-3 DE. The DC uses you as an OLB, of which you have not really played. As such, you don't produce like you're used to because it's new to you. 
At the end of the day, he didn't want to be converted to an OLB. Given his age, he doesn't really have many more years left, so he wants to play the way he likes. It's his career. He shouldn't have to do something he doesn't want to.

Do I blame Carlos? No, not at all, given the recent information. Do I blame the FO for not moving him last season when we could've gotten a better deal? Absolutely. It's a rebuild. There were always going to be some old players that didn't fit into the new direction of said rebuild. You don't wax poetic about 2015, you get with program and move assets that don't fit the new direction, and acquire people that do and begin your rebuild according to the new staffs vision. They're a day late and a dollar short as usual. 

Once you do that, it's sink or swim for the coaching staff.