But according to Steno, he hasn't even secured the LT spot yet, has "a ways to go".
@PackLandVA posted:Stumbled upon a "2022 Re-Draft" in the link above. Something that I found very interesting is the Re-Draft had Rasheed Walker going #6 overall to Carolina and is the first OL taken in the Re-Draft.
"....the Panthers select Packers seventh-rounder Rasheed Walker, who ranked second in ESPN’s pass-rush win-rate rankings among offensive tackles."
Doesn't really mean anything other than Walker's very solid second season is noticed by people other than Packers fans.
Charles Cross, an immediate and solid starter for Seattle, who went a half dozen picks after Ikwanu has entered the chat.
Better pick than 69. Sorry if that doesn't fit the story line, but it's true.
Except for the part where he sucks ass. Forgot about that.
The Cowboys can rush the passer.
Can't recall Walker's name being called or his play being spotlighted once yesterday.
Don't want to jinx it, but Rasheed sure looks like he might be a worthy starter at LT heading into 2024.
One of the more underrated positive developments of the season.
Wasn't it 63 that got pushed back into 33, knocking him down for loss on the second play of the game? Or was that 74?
63 got abused on the first 2 plays. Then he settled down. He’s good!
@DH13 posted:Wasn't it 63 that got pushed back into 33, knocking him down for loss on the second play of the game? Or was that 74?
I stand corrected, that was a rough play by Walker to start the game.
Glad I never thought about him or heard his name called again.
That 3rd down pass over the middle to Doubs on the opening drive was huge. It wasn’t looking pretty the first couple plays. Got lucky with the penalty and then when Love hit Doubs, everyone kinda settled down and breathed. It was on from there.
@Goalline posted:63 got abused on the first 2 plays. Then he settled down. He’s good!
Yeah I think the Cowboys were really jacked up initially. Packers settled down pretty quick....
WE WANT THE BALL AND WE'RE GONNA SCORE!
I'd like to know what MM thought when the Pack won the toss and took the ball.
"Great!!! We go 3 and out, get the ball, score and cruise the rest of the way to victory!!!"
@Boris posted:Yeah I think the Cowboys were really jacked up initially. Packers settled down pretty quick....
WE WANT THE BALL AND WE'RE GONNA SCORE!
I'd like to know what MM thought when the Pack won the toss and took the ball.
They came out fired up to stop the run. Then something happened they didn’t expect. Love started torching them with the pass.
@Goalline posted:They came out fired up to stop the run. Then something happened they didn’t expect.
Click here to find out what happened next.
@DH13 posted:Rasheed Walker vs Chicago
— Jacob Morley (@JacobMorley) January 9, 2024
pic.twitter.com/ljrT9QU3bA
Now that's how you finish a block !
Packers Film room here, with cutups on Rasheed Walker from preseason 2023
Rasheed better not try that shit in the NFL but it would be funny if he did 🤭
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Not sure if this one was posted here before, but Rasheed Walker scored very highly in pass block win rate coming in at # 2 on the list.
RT Zach Tom also scored in the top 20
From Bill Barnwell's "Post Draft Winners and Losers"...not sure I agree. You can never have too many good OT than can play LT. Competition always brings out the best in guys...if Walker was truly on his way to being an elite LT, the presence of Morgan will hasten that development. If not, he was never headed there anyway. LFG!!!
Loser: Rasheed Walker, OT, Packers
Elsewhere in the NFC North, another tackle might have been blocked on his path to franchise tackle money. After playing just four special teams snaps as a rookie in 2022, Walker took over last September for the injured David Bakhtiari and locked down the left tackle spot for the NFL's youngest team, helping push Jordan Love and the Packers into the postseason. By the end of the season, Walker looked like he might have locked down the position in Green Bay for years to come.
Then the draft came. The Packers used three picks on offensive linemen, including first-round selection Jordan Morgan, who started 37 games at left tackle for Arizona. Bakhtiari is gone, but there's suddenly competition up front for Walker as he tries to play his way to a second contract.
There are several ways this could go. Morgan could kick inside to play right guard and replace Jon Runyan, who signed with the Giants. Right tackle Zach Tom could move to center and take over for Josh Myers, which would open up a starting tackle spot for either Morgan or Walker. The Packers could also keep Myers at center and Tom at right tackle and have a battle between Morgan and Walker for the left tackle spot, one that's always going to favor a first-round pick over a player who was chosen 249th. Walker proved he can play a year ago, but now, he might have to prove he can beat highly drafted competition.
Morgan ain’t beating out Walker this year. I became a believer when Walker locked down Nick Bosa in the playoff game.
Considering Bosa usually lined up on the opposite side, that's quite a feat.
Facing the stamina-impaired Chase Young more often, however........
That was more often than not Zach Tom, I believe. They might've tried Bosa on the left side once or twice. I'd have to go back over the game.
Bosa wanted nothing to do with Rasheed " the wall" Walker. Unfortunately for Bosa, he found out Green Bay has two tackles. Someday, people around the world will order the stiff drink, Tom Walker.
@Herschel posted:Considering Bosa usually lined up on the opposite side, that's quite a feat.
Facing the stamina-impaired Chase Young more often, however........
The magic word there is USUALLY.
@Boris posted:That was more often than not Zach Tom, I believe. They might've tried Bosa on the left side once or twice. I'd have to go back over the game.
Bosa was there more than once or twice, but when he is being silenced folks apparently don’t know.
If it was once it was a hell of a rep:
Here's more than “1or 2” reps:
Spot on Slowline. Rasheed played some great football down the stretch. Bigger stretch to think Josiah Morgan is going to win the gig.
@Iowacheese posted:Spot on Slowline. Rasheed played some great football down the stretch. Bigger stretch to think Josiah Morgan is going to win the gig.
I’ve changed my legal name to Slowline. ❤️
@Goalline posted:Here's more than “1or 2” reps:
So three. 
@Pikes Peak posted:If a player is good, he can play right away.
The morel of the story….draft good ones.
If a player can play right away he is good. If he can keep the job from a challenge he's a bonafide pro. It's not enough to win the job in the NFL, they have to leave no doubt, imo. Especially at tackle. The moral of the story is to make sure the good ones want to push through to be great before you commit to them with a high market value second contract.
Bullshitters are out and about looking for the lifetime deal they can coast on. Internal competition is all about proper allocation of second contract resources. Someone at 1265 keeps floating that Zach Tom's best position might be center. Maybe the better question they're trying to figure out is how bad does he want to be a great tackle? If I'm Tom I want to leave no doubt and earn that life altering contract. If I'm the Packers I want him to prove he's a tackle worth earning that life altering contract. (Meanwhile the Packers are also pushing Meier to earn his maximal value). Player development is all about providing opportunity for players to maximize their value and giving 2nd contracts to the great ones who are still on their upswing and cashing in on compensation draft capital for the ones other teams are willing to over pay for.
The successful teams develop and continuously scout for who deserves and who doesn't. If the Packers were the Giants we'd be paying Runyon an exorbitant guard salary for the next few seasons and glad handing an owner about a brighter future. Runyon was a good player, just not good enough to justify a pricey second contract. Rinse and repeat.
Focus on developing lineman and wrs and you can save a ton of money trying to plug holes on the back end. Everyone pays the good lineman in the end. The ones who can't find and develop the best prospects in the draft overpay for everyone else's decent or damaged goods. When's the last time the Packers brought in a top of the market OL player? There's been swing plugs and second level deals but I can't remember the last time they had to go secure a top level free agent for fear of protecting the franchise.
@Herschel posted:So three.
Wait, you see that domination over 3 snaps and your reaction is, oh it’s just 3???🤣 If these are the only 3 snaps they had 1 v 1 I’m not sure Bosa wants anymore of him.😅
Walker got really good at "catching" rushers. You can see Bosa get into Walker, and you can almost hear Bosa thinking "Got him!" and then Walker keeps shifting and his feet moving, his body forward, and his hands on Bosa. Bosa just can't bulldoze or shake him. Walker as an LT may not be the biggest, fastest, or best run blocker, but he is one scrappy, mentally tough dude with an attitude. Walker's got that touch of nasty that defensive players don't like to see in any OL, and every one of his teammates loves to have on the team. Morgan may beat him out, but I don't think it's going to be this year.
The way I see it, if Morgan is good enough to beat out Walker, so be it.
If Walker is still the better man, so be it.
The Packers win in either case.
I just hope it is a legitimate competition. I think it's reasonable to assume a first round draft pick will have a much bigger opportunity than a UDFA (as an example), but I don't think he should be at the top of the depth chart just because of that, or any other, reason.
Walker may "only" be a 7th round pick, but he's got experience that weighs heavily in his favor. Not to mention he indeed did improve his play, and played very well over the last 8-10 games or so in 2023.
@Goalline posted:Wait, you see that domination over 3 snaps and your reaction is, oh it’s just 3???🤣 If these are the only 3 snaps they had 1 v 1 I’m not sure Bosa wants anymore of him.😅
In other words, if he was getting stoned testing the left side, he probably went over to the RT thinking he'd have a better shot there.
@titmfatied posted:If a player can play right away he is good. If he can keep the job from a challenge he's a bonafide pro. It's not enough to win the job in the NFL, they have to leave no doubt, imo. Especially at tackle. The moral of the story is to make sure the good ones want to push through to be great before you commit to them with a high market value second contract.
Focus on developing lineman and wrs and you can save a ton of money trying to plug holes on the back end. Everyone pays the good lineman in the end. The ones who can't find and develop the best prospects in the draft overpay for everyone else's decent or damaged goods. When's the last time the Packers brought in a top of the market OL player? There's been swing plugs and second level deals but I can't remember the last time they had to go secure a top level free agent for fear of protecting the franchise.
"Football is a game of replacement."
Bullshitters are out and about looking for the lifetime deal they can coast on.
See Cousins, Kirk
That SF D. Our OL mostly handled them throughout that playoff game. It's their damn LB's that caused problems in the passing game. Secondary is good - enough - too, but it was the LB's.
SF's LB'ers are 2 of the best in the NFL (Warner & Greenlaw)
Maybe for this upcoming season but watch out in 2025 if injuries are not an issue.
Given the generational bad luck the Packers suffered with the Bakhtiari situation, it's nice to see one go the other direction...
Two years ago, doctors told Rasheed Walker his football career was likely over. He fell to 7th round. Pick 249.
— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) August 23, 2024
Then his knee healed unexpectedly.
Now he’s #Packers starting LT, securing Jordan Love‘s blindside, replacing an icon. His improbable journey: https://t.co/i8IldGqz8T