Walden to the rescue

By foxsports
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By MARK
CONCANNON
FOXSportsWisconsin.com


January
2, 2010


It was a classic, old school Midwestern winter football struggle between two defenses that boast some of the biggest names in the game. Matthews, Woodson, Urlacher, Peppers. Household names. Pro Bowl names. But the player that had the biggest impact on defense in the Packers 10-3 win over the Bears on Sunday is not going to the Pro Bowl. A couple of months ago, it was even money whether he would even have a job in pro ball.

Erik Walden signed with Green Bay on October 27th after being cut by Miami, the third NFL team to release him in three seasons. Coming into today