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2017 Free Agent Watch: Outside Linebacker Erik Walden

INDIANAPOLIS – For a team with a dire pass rushing need, you would think letting the NFL’s leading free agent sacker hit the open market in 2017 would be a major mistake

That’s what makes the dilemma of Erik Walden re-signing with the Colts complicated.

It’s not that easy of a decision.

Walden was outstanding in 2016.

He led the Colts in 11 sacks, almost doubling his previous season-high after nine years in the NFL.

Since the Colts brought Walden in via free agency in 2013, they’ve received a pretty consistent edge presence (Walden has missed three games in four seasons with the Colts).