Eric Walden: turd on wheels

[swede]

I have to weigh in on the Walden sucks chorus. Life is nice when you can roll the DVR back a few times and see who messed up on certain plays. Walden was at different times velcroed to a lineman, flying past the quarterback and missing him by six feet, rolling on the ground, or watching as Bell ran past him. He seemed unable to move with any lateral football speed to get to a ballcarrier running wide.

If he comes down the line of scrimmage and gets a bead on you he'll give you a heck of a thump, but he'll have a short highlight reel if we have to ask the running backs to stand up and hold still like a baby mama in order to give Erik a shot at hitting them.

As for baby mama, she might want to run left when he swings. He doesn't change direction real well.

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As for baby mama, she might want to run left when he swings. He doesn't change direction real well.

domestic violence is never funny....


but that sure was lol

[Harlan Huckleby]

He's had average games, at best, not strong.

matter of opinion. Walden has put good pressure on passer in 3 or 4 games.

[gbgary]

they ran left over and over again yesterday. pretty bad. he's better rushing the passer than in any other situation. this off-season tt must address the d.

[Harlan Huckleby]

ya, I suppose the bottom line is Walden is inconsistent and needs to be replaced. But I saw real progress before KC game, thought he might be settling in. Not sure what to make of So'oto, probably not an upgrade overall.

Walden can make plays, both against run and pass. He does get fooled, tho.

[SkinBasket]

Homer. The guy blows. And he domestically abuses his girlfriend. Who isn't his sister.

[Deputy Nutz]

Piss poor game from Walden yesterday, although the defensive line was just as bad. As an outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme you can't lose contain and it happened over and over again and then having our inside linebackers walled off by tight ends was frustrating. The Bears were pulling two linemen on a regular basis and not once did the Packers blitz those gaps. Defensive ends have to force the offense to block them with two guys, and that isn't happening.

[RashanGary]

Piss poor game from Walden yesterday, although the defensive line was just as bad. As an outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme you can't lose contain and it happened over and over again and then having our inside linebackers walled off by tight ends was frustrating. The Bears were pulling two linemen on a regular basis and not once did the Packers blitz those gaps. Defensive ends have to force the offense to block them with two guys, and that isn't happening.

I can still see those plays happening. I didn't know exactly what was happening. . . . Reading this, picturing the runs. . . . I think this is pretty much it. He was getting blocked outside or inside. He didn't square up, didn't stay on his feet, committed too much one way or the other over and over.

Bad game.

I've seen him square up, get leverage and hold his point. Yesterday was pathetic.

[KYPack]

Walden does a couple things that amaze me. Most outside backers fight, kick scratch, and basically go to war to hold the edge and keep contain. Walden could basically give a shit. If he holds the edge, it's cool. If he gets whipped, it's oh well.

The other thing is his tendency to freelance. Sometimes, he gets it in his head to take an inside rush. He just goes, without any communication with his defensive parners. He just goes cowboy and charges to the inside. He's been doing that shit since he got here. I think the KC game was where they drew the line. The old pro saying is "if you can't do it, I'll find somebody who can".

Dom and Kevin are now looking for somebody who can get the job done.

[RashanGary]

Walden does a couple things that amaze me. Most outside backers fight, kick scratch, and basically go to war to hold the edge and keep contain. Walden could basically give a shit. If he holds the edge, it's cool. If he gets whipped, it's oh well.

Dom and Kevin are now looking for somebody who can get the job done.

That makes sense. I've seen him just square up and put the smack down on the guy in front of him, hold his spot and force a bad run. He looks powerful. Then he does that type of complete bullshit we saw yesterday.

Not good.

[Pugger]

I've been disappointed in Walden for a while now. He's JAG. TT's biggest gaff this season was depending upon Walden/Jones/Zombo to be good enough so that OCs would have to single block CM3. His other gaff that is almost as egregious was depending upon Neal to take Jenkins' spot on the D line. Green, Wynn and Wilson are not the answer here. Losing an All-Pro caliber safety hasn't helped either. These problems have come back to haunt this team this year. TT had better address these issues this coming offseason. If we can fix our horrid pass rush and shore up our run defense by next season we'll be even more of a terror in this league for years to come.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I've been disappointed in Walden for a while now. He's JAG. TT's biggest gaff this season was depending upon Walden/Jones/Zombo to be good enough so that OCs would have to single block CM3. His other gaff that is almost as egregious was depending upon Neal to take Jenkins' spot on the D line.

Walden/Jones/Zombo was certainly not a gaff. All three showed promise last year, its unlikely a better option was available. Even good decisions can work out poorly, there is always some risk.

Letting Jenkins go was a huge and predictable mistake even if Neal had worked out. The good defensive line are solid two deep.

[ThunderDan]

The good defensive line are solid two deep.

Who are the good D-Lines this year?

I'll say the Giants. Then who? It seems like the Os are rolling this year.

[Tarlam!]

I've been disappointed in Walden for a while now. He's JAG. TT's biggest gaff this season was depending upon Walden/Jones/Zombo to be good enough so that OCs would have to single block CM3. His other gaff that is almost as egregious was depending upon Neal to take Jenkins' spot on the D line. [...]Losing an All-Pro caliber safety hasn't helped either. These problems have come back to haunt this team this year. TT had better address these issues this coming offseason. If we can fix our horrid pass rush and shore up our run defense by next season we'll be even more of a terror in this league for years to come.

Great use of the word egregious - I love a woman with a vocabulary!

In TT's defense, he cannot pay everybody and is forced to make some decisions that will obviusly be deemed as "gaffs" by fans. Think back to Wahle. TT, and ALL GMs are forced to make bets on who they must keep and who to let go, who will shine and who is a JAG it is dictated to them by the salary cap. There was no feasible way to keep Jenkins, plus all the guys he did keep. Plus, Jenkins was often broken as many posters have pointed out.

Neal has all the tools, but has proven to be brittle. Wynn should be a player, but just aint getting it.

TT spent the last two 1st's on protecting the Franchise. Clearly, that has been his focus. I won't chide him for that. He went up and got CMIII, so he has spotted at least one legitimate pass rusher, but they don't grow on trees. And you already point out the secondary has lapsed with Collins missing. Tramon and Shields are looking anything like they did last season; is that Collins' influence?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Who are the good D-Lines this year?

I'll say the Giants. Then who? It seems like the Os are rolling this year.

MN & Detroit are good & deep. Chicago ain't bad.