The Kansas City Chiefs are flat out dominant right now, the only undefeated team left in the AFC and one of just two league-wide. If you’re not giving them Super Bowl-level respect, you haven’t been watching, because these guys are tied with Buffalo for the second-best odds to win it all, only behind San Francisco. And why are they different this year? It starts with a name we know well.
Kenneth Walker: The Game Changer Mahomes Never Had
Remember Kenneth Walker? The dude who came to the Chiefs from our Seattle Seahawks this offseason after winning Super Bowl MVP? Yeah, he’s not just playing well, he’s changing the entire Chiefs offense. This man has already racked up 665 rushing yards, averaging 113.0 per game. Seriously, that’s more than the entire Seahawks team has *combined* this season, and he’s done it in one fewer game. Russell Wilson, on CBS Sports’ “Set Hut,” calls Walker “dynamic,” saying, “Every time he touches the ball, there’s a chance he may score.”
Wilson is not wrong. Walker leads the NFL in forced missed tackles with 52, and he’s crushing it against stacked boxes, putting up 183 yards and six touchdowns when facing eight or more defenders. Russell Wilson straight up said Walker is “changing the game for Patrick Mahomes” and bringing a “different type of toughness and just physical nature” that Mahomes has never had before, noting Mahomes has never had a 1,000-yard rusher. It’s clear: Walker is the main reason Russell thinks the Chiefs are absolutely Super Bowl favorites right now.
Russ Wants Another Wilson To Make KC Unstoppable
With the trade deadline just around the corner, Russell Wilson and Kyle Long got to talking about how the Chiefs could get even *more* powerful. And Wilson dropped a name that would make the league absolutely lose its mind: Garrett Wilson. “If I’m the Chiefs, I’m gonna go get [ New York Jets ] Garrett Wilson,” Russell declared. He believes Garrett Wilson’s downfield ability, his smarts, and how quickly he learns would make him “great in an Andy Reid-style offense,” adding that they’ve “never had a receiver like him.”
Russell Wilson was emphatic, interrupting Long to say Garrett Wilson “deserves to win” and that winning just isn’t happening for him with the Jets anytime soon. Basically, Russ is telling Garrett, “Don’t waste your youth, go get that Lombardi, there’s a guy waiting for you to throw.” The implications are clear: with Kenneth Walker tearing it up and Garrett Wilson potentially in the mix, the Chiefs wouldn’t just be contenders, they’d be genuinely unstoppable.
The Chiefs are already rolling, but with the trade deadline looming, it’s wild to think what a move for a talent like Garrett Wilson could mean for their season. Are they really about to become *that* team, the one nobody can touch?
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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