Rasheed Walker’s Free-Agent Fallout Highlights a Sluggish Left-Tackle Market
Rasheed Walker, the Panthers’ left tackle, failed to land the big free-agent deal analysts expected as the NFL’s left-tackle market cooled this cycle. Projections had him around four years, $82 million, but the actual deal came in at about $10 million APY—roughly 12% of Dan Moore Jr.’s total package and 49% of Moore’s APY—marking the biggest surprise of the free-agency period. The outcome also affects Green Bay’s compensatory-pick outlook: Moore’s deal would have nudged Walker toward a third-round pick, whereas Walker’s deal leaves Green Bay with a sixth-round (potentially fifth with playing time) outcome.
