For two seasons,‌ Zack Baun has been the Birds’ finest.‌
Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Little-known Zack Baun has been the Eagles’ best player the last two seasons. Why? He trains like Steph Curry.
He’s the first first-team, All-Pro linebacker from the Eagles since Jeremiah Trotter in 2000, and he might become the first multiple All-Pro linebacker since 1975 when voting results are announced soon.

He’s the first Pro Bowl linebacker from the Eagles since Trotter in 2005.

Yet most football fans in Philadelphia don’t appreciate how good Zack Baun is. But here’s the reality. For the entirety of two seasons Baun has been the best football player on the best roster in Eagles history.

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