More Banjo: Week 3 Aftermath (Pack v Bengals)

[Bretsky]

Maybe I'm not as alone as I thought!

Walden and Justine Sherrod

UNITED WE STAND !!!!!!!!

[Patler]

Walden and Justine Sherrod

UNITED WE STAND !!!!!!!!

When you unite them, we may be just two against a mob!

[pbmax]

Walden's biggest problem was mistakes leading to big plays, usually playing weakside run support. He was strong enough to set an edge but he could also be had play side. Witness the breakdowns Nutz used identified in 2011.

Dunne is right about the pressures, but I recall only one game of the four that Matthews missed last year where Walden seemed a threat by his lonesome.

He wasn't the answer. The problem in Cincy is that neither Perry nor Neal played like one either.

[mraynrand]

B

The guy couldn't keep contain on a glass jar with a butterfly in it.

[Upnorth]

Walden had moments of good with moments of WTF???? If we could have kept him at vet minimum sure why not, but anything higher move on and find some one decent. I'm having trouble identifing a worse defensive starter last year.

[Fritz]

Ya, I expect to be lonely in my opinion on this!

Part of my point is that after a loss, suddenly letting the guy most people were piling on - me included - be signed by another team is being hailed as a mistake by the organization (this is the tone of Dunne's comments).

[Zool]

I'd rather have the AJ Hawk type than the Walden type. A guy who is rarely if ever caught out of position and making a bad decision. Walden would flash then would bonk.

[Fritz]

I think by year's end one or both of Neal/Perry will be better than Walden Pond.

[MadScientist]

From the Bleacher Report grades of all Colts players in their 27-7 win over SF:

Erik Walden: C-

Erik Walden was getting beat like a rug in the first quarter, when the 49ers ran the ball down the Colts' throats on their first touchdown drive. The ex-Packer looked just as inept as ever at setting the edge, allowing Frank Gore to get loose for 70 yards in the first half. But Walden settled down in the second half, and his renewed discipline was a big factor in the Colts' ability to contain Kaepernick.

[Fritz]

I wonder for how long his discipline will be renewed?

[bobblehead]

Fritz; I have to say that I think Dunne's characterization of Walden's performance is more accurate than yours. Not that I think they should have kept him, I don't, especially at the cost to do so. They have to give Perry his opportunity. But, in my opinion, Walden wasn't the weak link many portray him to have been.

Walden played well often, but in the SF game (and others throughout his career) he blew containment time and again. I don't know about other rats, but I learned to to defend the QB option in 8th grade, and even though this isn't identical, I would have stayed put after I was responsible for the first 100 yards.

[bobblehead]

I wonder for how long his discipline will be renewed?

I'm thinking weekend rental, not long term lease.

[Fritz]

[QUOTE=bobblehead;742146]Walden played well often, but in the SF game (and others throughout his career) he blew containment time and again. I don't know about other rats, but I learned to to defend the QB option in 8th grade, and even though this isn't identical, I would have stayed put after I was responsible for the first 100 yards.[/QUOTE

I believe the key phrase in your post is "he blew."

[mraynrand]

I learned to to defend the QB option in 8th grade

when the Packers start playing eighth graders, you'll be the first guy they call.