Zack Baun: Highest Graded off ball LB Baun wins DPOTW award [Eagles Baun Thread]

SonOfNOLA said

Hindsight is fun. But Zack Baun is excelling in a role that Demario Davis has exceptionally occupied for 7 years with the Saints. There wasn’t much future off ball snaps for Baun with 2 full time LBs ahead of him. He isn’t excelling as a full time pass rusher in Philly like we wanted him to be after 2023 but as the leader of Philly’s LB unit. Saints developed Baun into becoming a very good LB when he was an exclusive pass rusher coming out of Wisconsin.

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Yep and now all the people who were complaining about the pick and complaining that the Saints tried to change his position instead of just letting him rush the passer are now complaining because he is playing well at the position the Saints moved him to and trained him to play.

Sucks that we lost him, but he wanted a shot to be a starter which he wasn't going to get here sitting behind Davis and Werner. Maybe the best move would have been to not sign Demario to an extension and let Baun start a couple years ago, but Baun probably was not have been ready at that point.