Rasheed Walker is set to hit free agency next month, and at this stage it seems pretty unlikely the Green Bay Packers will launch an attempt to keep him around, especially with former first-round pick Jordan Morgan waiting in the wings to take over at left tackle.
Letting him walk appeared to be the correct course of action even before this season, but a disappointing 2025 season solidified that Walker is not the type of player Green Bay should prioritize.
Here is an updated look at what Walker has given the Packers in his three years as a starter, according to the numbers:
Strengths
Walker’s best accomplishment is doing a pretty good job of not getting his quarterback hit and/or sacked.
Since becoming the blindside protector for Jordan Love in 2023, Walker ranks in the 60th percentile among qualified offensive tackles in quarterback hits allowed per pass block snap, and the 58th percentile in sacks allowed.
He ranks in the 75th percentile during that time in QB hits allowed on true drop backs, which removes screens and play action. He does only land in the 37th percentile for sacks in those situations, but still balances out just above average overall when combining the two stats.
Not getting the quarterback hit at an alarming rate is kind of the entry requirement to be a starting left tackle who keeps his job, and Walker has done that.
Part of that must be attributed to Love though, and his ability to avoid sacks. He was fourth in the NFL in pressure-to-sack rate in 2025.
Weaknesses
While he does not allow all that many hits or sacks, Walker has surrendered too many low-quality pressures, ranking in just the 34th percentile since 2023 in hurries allowed per pass block snap.
Just because a defender does not get to Love, it does not mean the play was not impacted.
There were several plays in the second half of Green Bay’s playoff loss to Chicago which served as a good example of this, as potential big plays were left on the table, with Love having to dump the ball off under pressure allowed by Walker.
He is just below average in PFF's pass block efficiency metric, which encompasses a player’s pass blocking as a whole, ranking in the 46th percentile overall and the 48th on true drop backs. The former seventh-round pick has provided perfectly workable left tackle play, but not much more.
Walker is one of the poorest run blockers in the NFL, at least based on PFF's grading. His zone block grade ranks in just the 15th percentile over the last three seasons and his gap scheme block grade sits in the 36th percentile. He ranks in the 22nd percentile for overall run block grade.
Flags have also been an issue for Walker, as he ranks in the 33rd percentile among tackles for penalties per snap.
Areas of growth
The biggest improvement in Walker’s game over the years has been his run blocking specifically in gap schemes, as he improved from the 19th percentile in PFF gap scheme grade up to the 50th in 2024 and 2025 combined.
He also had career high rankings in quarterback hits allowed in 2025, ranking in the 77th percentile and the 85th on true drop backs. This is undermined by the fact he was below average for sacks in both categories though.
Areas of regression
Walker’s issues with allowing hurries have gotten worse over time. He ranked in the 46th percentile overall and the 67th on true drop backs in 2023 but fell to the 25th and 31st percentile respectively in the last two seasons combined.
This was the biggest area Walker could have taken a step and improved his value, but it did not happen, and 2025 was probably the worst season of his three as a starter overall.
He has always graded out poorly in zone run blocking, grading out in the 25th percentile back in 2023, but Walker has regressed from there, ranking in just the 7th percentile since 2024.
Overall
The selection of Jordan Morgan back in 2024 looked like an indicator Walker’s future did not lie in Green Bay, and it seems the team was right to look to upgrade their left tackle spot long term. Walker has never kicked on from being a league average pass blocker and a poor run blocker.
He has still been a home run of a seventh-round pick though and should yield the Packers a healthy compensatory selection when another team pays him what starting offensive linemen get paid in free agency.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Stats show it is time for Packers to move on from Rasheed Walker