He's a rotational DE. He may be 34, but he's not going to get as many snaps next year which should help for an older player. Also, he hasn't shown many signs of wear and tear, as he actually got much better as it got deeper into the season, which is pretty rare for a 34 year old. If he can repeat and get around 7.5 sacks next season on fewer snaps, then I think we can consider it a successful season for Babin. I would be shocked to see him cut, honestly. Also, another interesting statistic is last season he posted an AV of 6 (trailing only Poz on the team), which is good for 4th best season of his career, even though he played some of the worst football of his career for the first 9 games. What to take from that? The last 7 games from last season was about the best stretch of football Babin has played in the NFL from a statistical standpoint. That's why I'm pretty confident in him going forward.

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