DA: Zack Baun is effective as a pass rusher; Nephi Sewell will get more 4-3 LB snaps [MERGED] (1 Viewer)

[BreesusSaves]

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.

I see people mad about Ireland, but he's only in charge of scouting. He isn't in charge of making picks. Payton and now Allen, with Loomis put together the priority list of who they are going to draft.

 

[Pkessling]

Amazing how this staff has discovered Baun's hidden talent.

Only took 4 years

 

[meily]

You would think with the emergence last season of Ellis playing in the pass rushing packages along with Strong Side LB and moving on to another team had a little to do with the projection of Baun being able to serve in that same role but alas, they barely if at all run those 3-3-5 packages.

 

[B_doggman47]

Glad to see Sewell get some playing time. I thought he did fairly well. I really hope he gets more playing time along with D'Marco Jackson. We need more sideline to sideline speed and these two guys have it.

 

[Deltabull]

I'd like to see them give N Lalos a chance to show what he can do.... What could it hurt?

 

[Outbackjack]

Totally ABUSED the right tackle. All day.

Thing of beauty.

 

[meily]

Another talented player not being played to their strengths, I thought we only did that with our talented offensive players J/K.

He provides exactly what we thought he would in replacing Ellis in this defense as they have the same skill set.

 

[TruSaint]

Just posted on another thread it’s embarrassing it took the saints 4 years to play him where we all knew he should be playing.

 

[woohoosaint]

Is Baun a FA after this season?

 

[red]

And we will loose him to free agency at the end of the season, unfortunately. It took us over 3 years to play him at his strength and what he excelled at in college. Smh

 

[lapaz]

Totally ABUSED the right tackle. All day.

Thing of beauty.

He was awesome against the Giants. He almost got 2 sacks, but he directly led to others getting the sacks as he forced Devito to try to dodge him. Baun was ducking and bending so deep that the tackle couldn't block him, then tried a bull rush, used some stunts, and I saw him get double teamed because he was so dominant.

 

[NewOrleansBoy]

The dude never dropped back in coverage in college. I have said this day 1 when we drafted him.

Yet, this team continues to try and re-invent the wheel.

 

[dennisrwood]

The offensive coaches don't know how to utilize players; why would the defensive coaches?

 

[j4m2b]

He will be a falcon next year and make 12 sacks

 

[Nightshade]

The bad thing Baun isn't the first one this happened with. Team tried the same thing with Kikaha