Carlos Dunlap named AFC Defensive Player of the Week

The Bengals DE put on a show in his team’s first win.

It isn’t often the Cincinnati Bengals get the national spotlight these days.

Carlos Dunlap’s Week 13 performance in his team’s first win of the season was hard to ignore, though. For his efforts, the NFL named him a Week 13 Defensive Player of the Week, as seen in the graphic above.

Not hard to see why. Dunlap was a force, totaling seven tackles and three sacks with two hurries and eight pressures in the win over the New York Jets.

Dunlap had missed a few games this year and seemingly had a slow start. But his continued upswing and hard play again serves as the embodiment of the culture the Bengals want to build throughout the locker room.

Win No. 1 on the season probably feels better, but it sure doesn’t hurt for the Bengals to see one of their best guys receive an individual honor as this struggle of a season winds down.

The award places Dunlap in some rare company:

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