According to The New York PostGreen Bay Packers starting left tackle Rasheed Walker was charged with second-degree possession of a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm in New York.. The gun was registered in Wisconsin, according to his attorney. The basic problem in the case is that Walker attempted to rob with a pistol and 36 rounds of ammunition in a locked case.
The attorney claims Walker, a Northeastern resident who attended school at Penn State and North Point High School in the Washington, D.C., area, did not realize he was not allowed to fly with a gun.
“It was in a locked box and he revealed it to people at the airport,” Aidala said.
“He told a person at Delta that he was traveling with a firearm. He mistakenly thought that because he had a licensed firearm and it was in a locked box that he could travel with it. We are confident that the case will be dismissed.
According to The post officehe will have his day in court on March 19. It should be noted that Walker is set to become a free agent in 2026, with the final year of his rookie contract being 2025. The NFL free agency “tampering period” begins March 9 and the new championship year will begin on March 11. The unofficial tampering period, the NFL Scouting Combine, will be held from February 23 to March 2.
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Typically, these airport gun charges don’t amount to much punishment for NFL players, but the timing may not be ideal for Walker’s free agent market. If a team wants to commit $20 million per year to Walker, which is essentially the minimum market for starting tackles on a second contract at this point, then they might be a little shy about handing him that deal until the legal matter is completely behind him.
This could potentially impact the Packers, as they will most likely lose more in free agency than they gain in 2026, due to their cap situation. In 2025, a deal player worth $20 million per year would have earned his previous team a fourth-round compensatory pick in 2026 had he lost free agency, but even falling into the $16 million range would drop this selection to a fifth-round pick. In free agency, money (and more importantly, cap space) runs out quickly, which is why many sign deals within the first 24 hours of the new league year. Time matters.
If the Packers lose all their free agents this offseason, they expected to land three fifth-round picks (LB Quay Walker, WR Romeo Doubs and QB Malik Willis) and a fourth-round pick for Walker. Teams are limited to four picks per class, and Walker was supposed to give Green Bay its best chance to earn more than a fifth rounder. Now, those projections depend on how comfortable teams are with Walker’s legal situation.
