Bob McGinn likes Zach Baun but not in the first.
The fact that we go 32 makes the pick in the Bleacher Report mock make more sense though.
Quote:
Zack Baun, LB, Wisconsin
(6 foot 2 ½, 238 pounds, 4.68 seconds in 40)
Played at Brown Deer. “Love that guy,” one scout said. “That guy’s a football player. He can rush. Those 3-4 teams are going to eat him up so fast. I think he can play stack, too. He’s smart. He’s tough.” Redshirted in 2015 as an OLB after playing quarterback as a prep. Missed three games in 2016 with left knee cartilage damage and a left high-ankle sprain, then all of ’17 with a Lisfranc tear in his left foot. Started every game the past two seasons, finishing with 15 sacks (12 ½ in ’19). “He’s a good third-round pick,” said another scout. “He might go higher than that. He’s borderline too small to be a 3-4 outside backer. He’s tough and has good strength for a guy his size. Scouts have written him as a Sam, a Will and a Mike because he’s instinctive.” In basketball, led Brown Deer to a state championship as a junior. Chose an offer from Wisconsin over one from South Dakota State. “I worry about his tight hips and movement to play in space,” a third scout said. Scored 24 on the Wonderlic intelligence test. According to reports Tuesday, Baun notified all 32 teams that he tested positive for a diluted sample at the combine. He blamed it on drinking too much water for weight-related weigh-in purposes. Under the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement, it will not count as a strike against him as it would have under the league’s old CBA.
Projection: Second-round pick.
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edit: lol he says again that he is borderline too small