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Originally Posted by sherck
Poor Erik.
I liked what he brought to Indy. I had low expectations and he exceeded them all. He, arguable, was the best free agent (not counting V.Davis trade) that Grigson made.
And, he has a career year in his free agency year. My guess is that he was expecting to get signed for Jabaal Sheard money ($8m a year) pretty quickly.
And the NFL just yawned and went in other directions.
Last 4 seasons:
60 games / 175 tackles / 23.0 sacks / 05 PD / Erik Walden (31 years old)
57 games / 150 tackles / 20.5 sacks / 13 PD / Jabaal Sheard (27 years old)
What a difference being under 30 or over 30 means in the NFL.
Cheers,
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I really agree with this.
Walden wasn't the All-Pro linebacker a team builds a defense around but I never really felt he was a liability.
I think the guy did everything we could reasonably ask of him, in addition to having a "I'll kick your fucking ass" attitude that this defense has needed for years. I know he was a straight up thug for that headbutt to Delanie Walker, but I'll always love him for that. It was nice to watch
our defense be the asshole bullies, for once.
I said it then; I'll say it again. Keep your hat on if you want to talk that action, boss.