[Kerr] The only pair of teammates in the #NFL with 100+ tackles and 3+ sacks? Zack Baun and Nakobe Dean
December 18, 2024
[Kerr] The only pair of teammates in the #NFL with 100+ tackles and 3+ sacks? Zack Baun and Nakobe Dean
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All Nakobe needed to do was stay healthy and look at what we got for a 5th
They only tweet format that drives me crazy? This one.
How do we have great linebackers? I think the world exploded last year and somehow we must have ended up in another dimension.
Baun us an absolute revelation and I wish someone would have put him at ILB sooner in his career but I’m glad he’s having so much success. I will admit I was ready to write Dean off as a bust but all it took was proper strength and conditioning and the dude is punching way above his weight as an undersized LB.
The flea flicker that Austin III beat Baun on (the only play that worked all day for the Steelers) was played absolutely perfectly too. Cannot ask more from a LB covering a guy with 4.3 speed. Underthrown ball and great adjustment by Austin to snag it.
Baun covers well, can rush the passer, and is stout in the run. Dudes a DAWG and deserves all the praise/a bag
Baun should win DPOY. His numbers are on pace with Kuechly’s 2013 DPOY season.
Bobby King changed my life
Baun deserves DPOY but I don’t think he’ll win because he’s not a “sexy” player for Award voters. They’d rather go for Watt or Surtain.
Sacks/Picks > Best Defensive player on best Defensive Team (According to Voters)
Line status? BACKED
Baun leads the league in stops
Dean is 8th
A stop is a defensive play that results in a negative EPA play for the opposition, that includes sacks, pass breakups, forced fumbles, tackles, interceptions etc
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All Nakobe needed to do was stay healthy and look at what we got for a 5th
They only tweet format that drives me crazy? This one.
How do we have great linebackers? I think the world exploded last year and somehow we must have ended up in another dimension.
Baun us an absolute revelation and I wish someone would have put him at ILB sooner in his career but I’m glad he’s having so much success. I will admit I was ready to write Dean off as a bust but all it took was proper strength and conditioning and the dude is punching way above his weight as an undersized LB.
The flea flicker that Austin III beat Baun on (the only play that worked all day for the Steelers) was played absolutely perfectly too. Cannot ask more from a LB covering a guy with 4.3 speed. Underthrown ball and great adjustment by Austin to snag it.
Baun covers well, can rush the passer, and is stout in the run. Dudes a DAWG and deserves all the praise/a bag
Baun should win DPOY. His numbers are on pace with Kuechly’s 2013 DPOY season.
Bobby King changed my life
Baun deserves DPOY but I don’t think he’ll win because he’s not a “sexy” player for Award voters. They’d rather go for Watt or Surtain.
Sacks/Picks > Best Defensive player on best Defensive Team
(According to Voters)
Line status? BACKED
Baun leads the league in stops
Dean is 8th
A stop is a defensive play that results in a negative EPA play for the opposition, that includes sacks, pass breakups, forced fumbles, tackles, interceptions etc