DA: Zack Baun is effective as a pass rusher; Nephi Sewell will get more 4-3 LB snaps [MERGED] (2 Viewers)

[No2DC]

That's fine, it's not like we have a defensive HC that's been with the team for years, right

 

[Snakehead]

Zach Baun has T-Rex written all over him. The staff finally realizes that he's REALLY GOOD at doing certain things and he's in the last year of his contract. Somebody else will very likely sign him in the off-season and he will a multiple Pro Bowl player for another team. Way to go coaching staff!

T-Rex wasn't even healthy until his last season.

 

[jboss]

T-Rex wasn't even healthy until his last season.

He's only missed like 3 or 4 games in the past four years

 

[Snakehead]

He's only missed like 3 or 4 games in the past four years

Exactly.

He wasn't healthy here until his last season and he's been in Cincy for 3 seasons. To your point, he's been healthy the last 3-4 years.

 

[Lustmord]

Duh.

 

[Day1]

TRex = Ninkovich 2.0

 

[JackDiesel]

Lord help us. It's not like he's the former regime's player either. Allen was the DC.

 

[saint_drago]

"Okay. Tell me about the Baun kid. What does he do well?"

"Well coach he's hell on earth coming off the edge getting after the QB."

"Very well. Let's make him an off the ball LBer. They'll never see it coming."

 

[Jesse Custer]

Weird. Does DA mean the thing we have all been screaming for the past few years, the thing that had him going in the first round in some mocks, he's good at that thing??

(also, I really enjoyed seeing him picking Cam's brain and getting some practice with him on the sideline)

 

[Snakehead]

Weird. Does DA mean the thing we have all been screaming for the past few years, the thing that had him going in the first round in some mocks, he's good at that thing??

(also, I really enjoyed seeing him picking Cam's brain and getting some practice with him on the sideline)

That was good to see from both of them. Cam's at the point in his career where he needs to be coaching up these young guys.

 

[B_doggman47]

Well imagine that!!! They finally figured out what we've been knowing for 4 years. I've always said Baun was an OLB in a 3-4 system. But what are the Saints known for? Trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. If we run a little more odd fronts, Baun would be more effective off the edge as a rush linebacker. DA said a few years ago the he wanted to run multiple fronts. Well this is his chance right here to do that with Baun, because we haven't seen much of that over the years. His talents have been wasted for 4 yrs.

 

[El Caliente]

This is almost as crazy as the fact that we somehow forgot that Andrus Peat was a dominant college LT when we had a big need at LT.

Or that Kaden Ellis was a pass rusher until his final year here.

Jeff Ireland can find these guys, but our coaches have their heads so far up their arses that they don’t see what he has given them.

 

[El Caliente]

This is a great example of why people who say, “DA should be kept in a DC capacity” need to stop. Dude and his coaches can get the Hell on with their back sliding defense, and inability to maximize talent until it’s too late.

 

[SweetT]

Well imagine that!!! They finally figured out what we've been knowing for 4 years. I've always said Baun was an OLB in a 3-4 system. But what are the Saints known for? Trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. If we run a little more odd fronts, Baun would be more effective off the edge as a rush linebacker. DA said a few years ago the he wanted to run multiple fronts. Well this is his chance right here to do that with Baun, because we haven't seen much of that over the years. His talents have been wasted for 4 yrs.

BINGO!!!
Kinda shoots a hole into the whole “coaches always know better” argument .

 

[boutte]

What does the separation from the QB stat mean?