Bears sign Demarcus Walker, DE

[adam]

Over $7M AAV for 2 years. 

 

[Alaskan Grizzly]

I’m not sure what to think.  He had a decent year with 7 sacks but seems to be blooming late (at 28) or maybe he peaked?  Didn’t really wow anyone at the combine in 2017.

https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/demarcus-walker?position=DL

 

[Stinger226]

4 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

I’m not sure what to think.  He had a decent year with 7 sacks but seems to be blooming late (at 28) or maybe he peaked?  Didn’t really wow anyone at the combine in 2017.

https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/demarcus-walker?position=DL

 

With 6 starts, had 7 sacks, 17 pressures, 19 QB hits, 10 TFL. Would have led  our team.

[killakrzydav]

He’s better than any rush end we had previously.

[BearFan PHX]

And hes a place filler at that salary - a decent pro, but not a core player. This is the kind of placekeeper you put in a position before you draft someone for the same position. And on the DL you need a rotation anyway, so he is like Rieff or Schoefield - they play until a rookie can displace them, and they are depth and rotation players, but if your rookie struggles, they can legitimately start, but wont likely be a star.

[ASHKUM BEAR]

2 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

With 6 starts, had 7 sacks, 17 pressures, 19 QB hits, 10 TFL. Would have led  our team.

Maybe it's from Eberflus, but it seems the Bears like to sign Titan players. 

Nice signing.  He can play the edge and maybe slide inside occasionally on pass downs.

[BearFan PHX]

20 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

With 6 starts, had 7 sacks, 17 pressures, 19 QB hits, 10 TFL. Would have led  our team.

and he was only a rotational pass rusher, all the more impressive. and will be that for us too, and a placeholder/insurance for a developing rookie.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

Meh, I guess we’ll see.  Seems a lot like AQM.  Who had a peak 6 sacks (but started a full season) the year before Chicago signed him for a very similar contract. 
 

I did read he had been working with a position coach this last year and attributes his success to that. That is encouraging. 

[AZ54]

He's a DT in our scheme.  Very short highlights but seems to offer a bit of versatility in alignment.  I'd say he's similar to Justin Jones so figure those two are our backup DTs.  At this point I'm just expecting another place holder DT, likely an older vet who has a higher floor for a year or two, versus taking a flier on a younger guy who might have more upside but still needs development.   Then we go to the draft.   Seems like a certainty that we'll be drafting 2 DTs.    

 

[BearFan PHX]

I'm not sure he's a starting 3T, I think those were mostly passing downs?

But he is versatile and a good rotational piece who can play inside and out for sure.

[AZ54]

23 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:

I'm not sure he's a starting 3T, I think those were mostly passing downs?

But he is versatile and a good rotational piece who can play inside and out for sure.

We can get some reps out of him at 3-tech but he's far from a starter.  At least I hope he is.  

[Stinger226]

49 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

We can get some reps out of him at 3-tech but he's far from a starter.  At least I hope he is.  

Listen to a beat writer for the Titans today, he did most of his damage playing inside. I read  that  he had 42 pressures last year, I stated 19 before All of this  on 494 defensive snaps. He had 17 QB hits, we as a team only  had 20. at worst he played better than anyone we had last year in limited snaps. He could be what we all hoped Gibson would be. He should not be taken as a Mike Pennel signing. ( just a guy)

[Stinger226]

Poles is going bring some players we know very little about but started last year in the league. Example: Greg Gaines started for the Rams next to Donald.   

36 tackles, 4 sacks, 6 TFL, 6 QB hits and 1 fumble recovery. He can be got cheap and could be a rotational NT.

[BearFan PHX]

12 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

Listen to a beat writer for the Titans today, he did most of his damage playing inside. I read  that  he had 42 pressures last year, I stated 19 before All of this  on 494 defensive snaps. He had 17 QB hits, we as a team only  had 20. at worst he played better than anyone we had last year in limited snaps. He could be what we all hoped Gibson would be. He should not be taken as a Mike Pennel signing. ( just a guy)

yeah but thats as a pass rusher on 3rd downs and passing situations. he in not a 3 down 3T, hes not a run stuffer, he doesnt demand double teams etc.

I dont think he is a proper DT at all, just a DE that moves inside on passing downs.