Zack Baun: Top Graded LB / DPOTW [Why Baun Isn’t Still a Saint Thread]

ELLIASJWILLIAMS said

https://www.neworleanssaints.com/ne...ach-baun-finding-comfort-zone-entering-year-2
I couldn't resist lol, let him read it and weap. @livefromDC Make sure u read entire thing bro. This is from 2021. The plan was always to work him in at the offball spot. There's a quote in there where Allen specifically says what they ask the Sam/Mike to do w/ coverage was something he had to work on. Now the quote from Allen in 2024 may be accurate but there's more than enough proof to show the majority of his time here he was asked to be an offball LB...not a rush specialist.

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LOL! Oh dear, read that again. It's explaining how they ask the SAm to do similar things to the Mike, not him playing Mike. It's basically talking about his transition from SAM to weakside.

The article snippet you're excited about? It's the beginning of his transition from SAM/Mike, which are similar, to him now transitioning to becoming an OLB. By 2024, Allen no longer saw him as a Mike. This snippet is talking about when they started to move him AWAY from that role and just being an OLB. This article is when they gave up on him at Mike.