Kenneth Walker has wasted no time making noise in Kansas City, and now he gets a shot at doing it against the team that once helped put him on the map.
The Chiefs running back goes into Sunday night’s matchup with the Seahawks carrying an eye-popping stat line. He has 665 rushing yards, eight total touchdowns and an NFL-best 6.3 yards per carry. He is also on pace to challenge the NFL single-season rushing record, which is the kind of production that turns every week into a new round of record-watch.
Seattle is the next test, and it comes with plenty of familiarity. The Chiefs visit the Seahawks in Seattle for “Sunday Night Football,” and Walker was asked after Kansas City’s win this past Sunday about facing his former team.
“Right now I’m just focused on critiquing the mistakes we made,” Walker said. “Once we get to that point, we’ll see.”
There have already been plenty of eye-catching moments along the way. Against the Raiders, Walker scored two touchdowns in a 19-second span, making him only the seventh player since 1981 to do that, according to Opta Data.
The Chiefs’ postgame notes Sunday also pointed out that he is just the second player since 1970 to score multiple touchdowns in four of a team’s first five games of a season. The only other player to do it was Hall of Fame receiver Calvin Johnson.
CBS Sports researcher Doug Clawson added another layer to the resume, noting that Walker is the third running back in NFL history to open a team’s first five games with at least 650 rushing yards, 6 or more yards per rush and six or more rushing touchdowns. The other two were Hall of Famers Jim Brown and O.J. Simpson.
Still, Seattle has been tough on the ground. The 3-3 Seahawks are allowing 3.5 yards per carry to running backs, which ranks fourth in the NFL. They’ve given up only two runs of 20 yards or more, while Walker already has seven this season.
There’s also a streak on the line. According to Aaron Levin, the sports director of Fox 13 in Seattle, the Seahawks have gone 35 straight games without allowing a 100-yard rusher, a franchise record. Walker would love nothing more than to be the one to end it.
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