Free Agents Discussion

[Dam8610]

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,

Under 30 and good in coverage vs. over 30 and poor in coverage.