Zach Baun
 

Dude balled tonight for the Eagles. 15 tackles and 2 sacks.

Tell me again why we couldn’t find a way to get this dude more involved? I feel like it’s Trey Hendrickson all over again. Lol

Re: Zach Baun
 

Fair points

Re: Zach Baun
 

I liked Baun when he was here.

To say Dennis is this defensive “guru”, he sure didn’t get the most out of Zach.

Criminally under utilized in NOLA.

Re: Zach Baun
 

Sometimes I feel like our organization has this hubris about drafting and utilizing players creatively out of position so we can brag about the advantages of flexibility and our vision. If a coach has too much ego, making a player switch positions and roles to something that never suited them is a way for that coach to take credit, to suddenly become the one who reinvented that player not just drafted them. We drafted Peat when we already had an entrenched left tackle and made him play most of his career out of position. Same for Ruiz when we already had a Center. On defense we seem to be ruining a promising edge corner in Alontae Taylor by converting him to the slot. I think Baun was a case on defense of trying to reenvision a player and refusing to let them do what they do best. Ultimately the best coaches find players who skills fit their scheme or change their scheme to be utilize their players talents, mediocre coaches just draft the best players and hope it works out, and the worst coaches actively put players out of position because doing what makes sense and everyone else says would be proving another person right.

Re: Zach Baun
 

This.

Re: Zach Baun
 

Dennis Allen is a CB guru and that's about all he's proven.

Re: Zach Baun
 

Take Nick Saldiveri as another example ….

Played extensively @ RT most of his collegiate career.

Not sure why the Saints are so adamant about plugging him in at guard.

Re: Zach Baun
 

The Eagles used Zach as their Mike. Could it be that he was being played out of position when he was in NOLA because we had Demario?

Re: Zach Baun
 

BTW, is anyone else tired of being a Farm Team for the Eagles?
Sproles
Ceedy
Zach

Re: Zach Baun
 

As well as being the League Vending Machine for The Safety position. Then turning around and make drafting a "Safety" a priority!