Kenneth Walker III is officially coming back to Lumen Field this Sunday for the first time since his Super Bowl LX MVP run with our Seahawks. Yeah, you read that right. Walker, now with the Kansas City Chiefs, is stepping onto our turf as an opponent, and it’s going to be wild.
Mahomes Says It’s “Special,” Walker Just Wants to “Critique Mistakes”
You know Patrick Mahomes, right? He told reporters this Wednesday that he expects Sunday’s Week 7 matchup to be “special” for Walker. Mahomes pointed out that Walker’s going back to the place where he “built his career” and where he “won a Super Bowl.” He even mentioned how “those fans” were around him for all of it, and a lot of his former teammates are “still a lot of the guys that were his teammates that he grew up with.” Sounds like Mahomes is stirring the pot, making sure everyone knows the stakes for Walker personally. But don’t get it twisted, Mahomes still capped it off with, “At the end of the day, you’ve got to win a football game. He knows that we have his back.”
Funny thing is, Walker himself has been playing it cool. After the Chiefs’ Week 6 win against the Chargers last Sunday, he got asked if playing against the Seahawks would feel “different.” His response? Not a chance. He was all about, “We’ve got to go critique the mistakes that we made. And then, once we get to that point, we’ll see.” Chiefs coach Andy Reid backed that up, saying Wednesday he thinks Walker will take a “level-headed” approach to the game. Reid even joked that “the boys there will try to get after him a little bit” since everyone on a team knows your strengths and weaknesses. But Reid sounds pretty confident, saying Walker’s “kind of got one speed. He’s coming at you, and it doesn’t really matter who he’s playing, where he’s playing.”
The $43 Million Man and Our League-Best Run D
Here’s the kicker: The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar reported this Wednesday that the Seahawks didn’t even offer Walker a deal before he hit free agency this offseason. Instead, the Chiefs swooped in and locked him down with a three-year, $43 million contract, making him one of the NFL’s highest-paid running backs. And let’s be real, he’s earned it so far. Through five games, Walker has racked up a league-high 665 rushing yards and six touchdowns for Kansas City. That’s a serious problem for any defense.
But guess what, Emerald City? Our Seahawks defense this season has been deploying one of the NFL’s top run defenses. This Sunday, our guys are gonna be tasked with limiting Walker for the first time since we drafted him way back in 2022. It’s a huge challenge, no doubt, but if anyone can slow down a freight train like Walker, it’s our D. This isn’t just another game; it’s a test for our top-tier run stoppers against a guy who knows our stadium better than most. Get ready for some fireworks.
The Week 7 matchup kicks off Sunday night at 8:20 p.m. ET. You already know Lumen Field is going to be rocking, and our defense will be ready. Can we shut down the league’s leading rusher in his highly anticipated return? We’ll find out.
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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