Steelers Sign Corner Walter McFadden

this guy any good, think he was with cinci last year

 

Ah, another member of the McFadden family. He's Bryant's little brother, I think. I didn't follow him last year, but I had him in my mock draft. I think I had us taking him in the 7th, or maybe 6th.

After doing some research... He was taken by the Raiders in the 5th round with a 40 yard dash of 4.37 seconds. He's 6'0", 175 lbs. Patrick Peterson is his cousin. After only two years in the NFL, he's already been on the Raiders, Bengals, Jaguars, and now Steelers.

So I guess he's not working out so far. But he's got good height and great speed. If he can get his stuff together well enough to earn a roster spot, it's there for the taking if Gay leaves. Then again, we'll probably draft someone in April and bump him right back out. Interesting. I didn't realize B-Mac and Peterson were cousins. Bryant is a phenomenal tackler, and from what I've seen of Peterson, he's terrible and scared. I wonder where Walter falls.

 

If its the same Walter McFadden that I remember playing at Auburn, he was solid in man coverage and had a knach for interceptions...

 

Same guy. He's supposedly a very fast and quick guy. Still, 2 years in the NFL and he can't keep a job for more than a couple months... He won't be doing anything here unless he improves drastically.

 

Maybe he's a gem in the rough... Lake did a pretty good job this year, maybe he can really shape McFadden.

 

That speed and size you figure he would be a special teams ace.

 

3 garbage teams , hope they all made the same mistake of giving up on him too soon. maybe they were asking for too much, as in covering the other teams # 1 receiver ? Maybe he's a guy who can shut down their #2 go to guy.

 

Cut him just for having that last name

 

Yawn...we need more than a 3rd teamer who can't stick around anywhere for more than a year

 

6-0 175#, seems skinny to me. I am skinny and am bigger than he is. Seems like an NFL big athlete would steam roll him.

 

we dont need him to make tackles though we need him to deflect passes or intercept them

 

Two brothers on the same team? Hope it movitates the older to do better than he has been.

But they will have to do alot to make this roster with Brown and Allen and Lewis way ahead of them.

 

if Walter is better than Bryant they should switch jerseys just to mess the other team up