Zack Baun, Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles linebacker Zack Baun, a Wisconsin native, may have just dashed the hopes of the Packers, but his home in Packers country has a cool backstory.
Former Wisconsin and current Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zack Baun starred in his third career NFL playoff game on Sunday. Baun, who recently earned a spot on the 2024 AP All-Pro first team, continued his stellar play in the Eagles’ 22-10 Wild Card victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lincoln Financial Field.
Every experience is special when it’s the first time, as Philadelphia Eagles’ general manager Howie Roseman understood about linebacker Zack Baun when he made First Team All-Pro. Roseman attended form
All things Packers: Latest Green Bay Packers news, schedule ... Baun also become the first player in NFL history with 150 tackles and five forced fumbles. “I call Zack Baun the tone setter,” Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said to Yahoo!.
One of the biggest reasons for their resurgence on that side of the ball under new defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has been the emergence of linebacker Zack Baun. Baun wasn't even a full time off-ball linebacker before this season, but he has blossomed to one of the best in the league at his position.
As Tanner McKee and the Eagles' reserves were leading one more charge for a Week 18 win over the Giants and a franchise-best 14-3 record, the starters stood and watched cheering from the Lincoln Financial Field sidelines while also awaiting their opponent for the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs in a week's time.
Nolan Smith came up with two sacks, the Eagles won the turnover battle with picks from Darius Slay, Zack Baun, and then Quinyon Mitchell for his NFL first, and they always made the timely stop on Jordan Love and Green Bay, buying enough time for Dallas Goedert to storm through on a crucial score and for Jake Elliott to hit on three field goals.
You'd be forgiven for missing the news when former University of Wisconsin standout Zack Baun signed a one-year ... and as the Green Bay Packers head to Philadelphia for a wild-card contest ...
MINNEAPOLIS – If the Green Bay Packers make anything of their upcoming playoff run, they’ll have to do something that eluded them throughout the entire regular season. In a game the Vikings led most of the way, the Packers had a chance inside the 2 ...
After the Eagles lost inside linebacker Nakobe Dean to a torn patellar tendon in last week’s wild-card round, attention quickly turned to Oren Burks to replace him for Sunday’s divisional
Philadelphia has lost a key leader on their defense and it is up to other stars on the roster to carry the torch.