Sideline to sideline ability
Strong run fits, instincts and IQ
Flows and fill gaps well
Good closing burst
Good hands / shedding in run pursuit
Coverage drops need work but does his job vs screen game

Quote from Walker: "I want to win and that is why Cleveland is the place I chose."

@jiggins7919 said:

Man, if they're both healthy this season it'd be like getting two early draft picks. 

No, it would be like two high draft picks finally getting on the field. 

It's not like they are going to go to the Browns front office and tell them "Hey buddies, I'll just forgo going to free agency a year since I didn't play in 2020 mmmmkay?" 

@calfoxwc said:

I read where Greedy had the should nerve issue in college - apparently aggravated it with the Browns. If he's fully recovered from it, we should see Greedy in a new light on the field.

That would be insane. Corners are the backbone of a defense and they tend to get injured so you can't have too many! 

@jiggins7919 said:

Man, if they're both healthy this season it'd be like getting two early draft picks. I'm not sold on Greedy but I got the feeling our coaches are infatuated with Delpit. 

I read where Greedy had the shoulder nerve issue in college - apparently aggravated it with the Browns. If he's fully recovered from it, we should see Greedy in a new light on the field.

@hoorta said:

The best ability is "availability". Greedy and Delpit- you listening?  

Man, if they're both healthy this season it'd be like getting two early draft picks. I'm not sold on Greedy but I got the feeling our coaches are infatuated with Delpit. 

@tiamat63 said:

Might have to go back and watch, but I remember the Colts backers being hot garbage.

Sans Leonard, of course.

Other than that effing kickoff for a TD, it was probably one of our best performances of the year. We straight up bitch-slapped a playoff team.

@londonbrown said:

One year $3.5m, started all 16 games last year I believe

The best ability is "availability". Greedy and Delpit- you listening?  

Key item from this article: Walker played on 3rd down just 53 times the entire season last year.  And if we're going with the theory that LB's will be used less frequently in 2021 than in 2020 due to injuries.. that seems about right for Walker in 2021 also.

Certainly, having competition for reps in the LB room is a good problem to have, but this seems more like a slight upgrade over Goodson at the backup slot than a new starter..

Assuming we're done at LB [Taki/smith/phillips/walker/wilson].. only thing left is first-round edge then BPA from any of DI/DB/WR/OL purely for depth? Wow..

@londonbrown said:

This roster now has to be the best since the return?!

Playoffs are coming again no doubt in my mind 

I dig the secondary moves, for sure.

But an argument can be made that the Browns front seven (or six) is no better, if not inferior, to what they finished the season with.

In 2021, the most important thing a defense has to do is pressure the QB. As of today, the Browns are no better, if not worse, than they were last season in this category. 

(But the offseason is a long way from being done)

Playoffs are coming again no doubt in my mind 

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2021/03/browns-agreement-with-lb-anthony-walker-1-year-up-to-35-million-gets-ringing-endorsement-from-colts-all-pro-darius-leonard.html

“If y’all actually understood the impact he has a on a locker room!’' Leonard tweeted right after news that Walker, 25, agreed to a one-year deal with the Browns up to $3.5 million with bonuses and incentives.

Walker, who visited the Browns Thursday, made his mark on the Browns last season during their 32-23 victory over the Colts when he picked off Baker Mayfield with 7:05 left to make things tense at FirstEnergy Stadium.

A fifth-round pick of the Colts out of Northwestern in 2017, Walker (6-foot-1, 230), has amassed 343 tackles, 19 for a loss, 3.5 sacks, 11 passes defensed, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries in his four seasons. He started all 16 games last season and recorded 92 tackles, but third-year linebacker Bobby Okereke is set to take over that spot.

According to Pro Football Focus, Walker had the 16th-best tackling efficiency and was 20th in tackling grade among qualifying linebackers in 2020.

One thing for sure... he's available to his team. Missed two starts the past three years and none in his last two at Northwestern.

@nickers said:

if thats the case just bring whats his fuck back.. mr.Dawg Check Kirksey...

Kirksey signed elsewhere...with Houston

Goodson had a good year last year. 
 

Walker has been described as good against the run but somewhat of liability in coverage.  The tackle totals suggest he has an instinctive element to his game.  We kind of need that in the position group.  And he started 46 of 48 games the past 3 years so you have a durable guy not included in that total three playoff games . At the right price he’s probably a welcome addition.  
 

I don’t mind the defensive shake up and I gladly welcome 6-7 new draftees to the defense. Have some of our corners hit the weight room this year so they can play a 16+ game NFL schedule and I so badly want to give Joe Woods everything he needs to succeed. So there are no more excuses there.  
It’s nut cutting time with that group.  Get it done or find a new leader of that group. I’m tired of watching piss poor Browns defenses. 

@tiamat63 said:

Not a ringing endorsement then based on my memory.

He had a TFL, 2 PDs and an INT.

We were without Chubb but I recall they held our ground game in check we hit some deep shots downfield 

If you're described as "neither athletic nor explosive" I am not excited. Sure, decent backup, fine.. but don't spend cash on him.

@sdbacker80 said:

Walker played in our game as Leonard was out.

The other guy Okere(SIC) had a nice one handed cast and all INT.

Not a ringing endorsement then based on my memory.