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Bucs Should Consider Karl Dunbar

Found January 09, 2012 on The Pewter Plank:
PLAYERS: Raheem Morris,  Jared Allen,  Kevin Williams,  Ray Edwards
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings,  Tampa Bay Buccaneers,  Atlanta Falcons

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In the Buccaneers coaching search, Karl Dunbar should be considered when it comes to the Defensive Line TAMPA — The coaching search for the Bucs extends beyond just the head coaching vacancy. The entire staff was relieved of their duties and Tampa is looking to fill all the holes. The job to fill the positions may be left up to the ultimate head coach but a guy the Buccaneers should earmark is now former Minnesota Vikings defensive line coach Karl Dunbar who was fired this weekend after the Vikings 3-13 season. The case for Dunbar may be hard to make given how much worse the Vikings defense was then the Buccaneers –and that’s saying a lot — but he’d actually be a great fit for this team. Dunbar was a name that surfaced last offseason as a potential hire for the Buccaneers and Raheem Morris, and now ironically they could be sort of trading places. With Morris interviewing for the Vikings defensive coordinator job today in Minnesota, Dunbar should be stro...
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