Zack Baun, Eagles reportedly comply with three-year contract

The Eagles initially signed Baun to a one-year deal in March 2024 to see what he can do. The previous particular teamer blew all affordable expectations out of the water and was in a position to have an superior season, incomes first-team All Professional honors and profitable a Tremendous Bowl.

Baun said a number of instances in the direction of the top of the season that he needed to be in Philly long run. He stated he appreciated the way in which the group embraced him and made him really feel included from the very first day. Nonetheless, the linebacker knew that his worth had elevated lots within the yr since final signing with the Eagles.

The LB recorded 151 whole tackles, 5 pressured fumbles, 3.5 sacks, and an interception in the course of the common season alone, and within the postseason led the league with 33 whole tackles and two extra interceptions, to not point out his pressured fumble and two fumble recoveries. It was a yr of career-highs and franchise firsts, and it was about time that Howie Roseman lastly dedicated the sources to the linebacker place now that they’d the most effective within the league.

Baun not solely grew right into a crew chief, however when Nakobe Dean acquired sidelined once more with a season-ending damage, Baun stepped up and took over the inexperienced dot helmet. He took on quite a lot of duty speaking with the sideline and guys on the sphere, and developed actually rapidly. He’s earned this chance to proceed to construct on the strong basis he set in 2024, and hopefully have way more success within the years to come back.

Extra on Baun from our current Eagles linebacker outlook article, which was titled “the Eagles should do what it takes to keep Zack Baun”:

REVIEW: Nobody anticipated Baun to be as superior as he was in 2024. Not even Baun himself. However he was glorious from the soar with a giant Week 1 efficiency and he stored it rolling from there. Regardless of missing in depth expertise in his function, Baun was an elite off-ball linebacker who made influence performs on a weekly foundation, together with his diving choose within the Tremendous Bowl. He proved able to contributing in all phases. He was extremely stout as a run defender. He was in a position to present move speeding juice. He appeared as easy as a defensive again in protection. Baun was very deserving of his first-team All-Professional honors and he arguably ought to’ve obtained extra consideration for Defensive Participant of the Yr, the place he completed with the fifth-most votes.

OUTLOOK: Baun is at the moment set to be a free agent subsequent week. The Eagles don’t have a historical past of spending important sources at off-ball linebacker however additionally they don’t have a historical past of letting elite gamers stroll out the door. Holding Baun is a no brainer; BGN’s Jonny Web page wrote at size about how he’s the crew’s most essential defender. Baun’s doubtless someplace between $15 million and $19 million per yr however he’s well worth the funding. He’s going to be 29 this season but it surely’s not like he has a ton of mileage on him after enjoying sparingly throughout his first 4 NFL seasons. The concept the Eagles can simply discover a new model of Baun is a reasonably wild assumption. Reviews point out that the crew views signing him previous to free company as a precedence. Appropriately. No must overthink this. Baun was one of many easiest gamers on the crew final yr and he ought to be again. If the Eagles let him stroll, what do they even have at linebacker? Burks can be set to be a free agent and Dean goes to overlook time subsequent season. Pay the person.

Baun’s annual worth is available in at $17 million, which break up the distinction within the vary we anticipated. He’s now the fourth-highest paid participant at his place on a yearly foundation, solely behind Roquan Smith, Fred Warner, and Tremaine Edmunds.

One thing tells me Eagles followers are fairly pleased with this extension.

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