Carlos Dunlap: Kansas City over Cincinnati was 'sweet,' but NFL future is Joe Burrow's
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Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Carlos Dunlap, who spent the first 10 1/2 seasons of his National League Football career with the Cincinnati Bengals, acknowledged that it was "sweet" to beat his former team to reach his first Super Bowl, which he won Sunday after a controversial finish.
Last week, he shared his excitement for the Bengals' recent success, as well as quarterback Joe Burrow's.
"The Bengals organization is huge chapter in my book," Dunlap said, per Bengals.com's Geoff Hobson. "Mr. (Mike) Brown. The Blackburn family. (Director of Ops) Jeff Brickner. If my team (Seattle) wasn't going, I was excited for the organization. It's new day over there, you know that. … (Burrow) is the future of the NFL. Next to Pat Mahomes, who else? Future is his."
Dunlap - who signed last July with the Chiefs - recorded his 100th career sack in November. Dunlap had 82.5 of his sacks with Cincinnati between 2010 and 2020.
Hobson's article also included praise of Burrow from Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo:
"I told him after the game, 'I have so much respect for you,'" Spagnuolo recalled of the walk to the middle of Arrowhead Stadium after the Chiefs won a trip here on a last-snap field goal. "I'm an old high school quarterback and I think he's terrific - the way he operates and plays the game."
"I've said this before. I see a young Tom Brady," Spagnuolo said in his Burrow recitation. "Not just his talent, but I love his killer instinct. He's a killer and when your quarterback is like that, the other ten around him are like that. It makes the whole offense that much tougher. I have a great deal of respect for him."
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This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Carlos Dunlap: Beating Cincinnati sweet; NFL future is Joe Burrow's
