Kenneth Walker III is turning Kansas City’s offense into something the Chiefs can lean on, and on Sunday he even got Patrick Mahomes involved in the cleanup work.
That moment came in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ 22-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, when Walker burst to the right and briefly looked like he might be stopped by defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson. Mahomes knew better. After the game, he said that “the first guy never tackles him.”
So Mahomes kept moving. He shuffled over to help wall off Chargers linebacker Tuli Tuipulotu, who was closing in from the backside.
The timing was just enough to matter. Walker slipped through the lane, dove into the end zone and finished the play with a touchdown.
It was the kind of sequence that summed up Walker’s afternoon. He finished with 128 rushing yards and two touchdowns, another eye-catching line in what is quickly becoming historic company.
According to Jesse Newell of The Athletic, Walker is now the sixth back in NFL history to post at least 750 scrimmage yards and eight touchdowns in his first five games. The list includes Jim Brown, Eric Dickerson, Marshall Faulk and Emmitt Smith, plus former Chiefs standout Priest Holmes.
Walker also tied another rare mark. Sunday was his fourth multi-touchdown game in five contests, a level matched only by Hall of Fame wideout Calvin Johnson Jr. with the Detroit Lions.
And the Chiefs needed every bit of it. Newell noted that Kansas City entered Sunday already short-handed along the offensive line and at receiver, and tight end Travis Kelce tweaked his ankle in the first quarter. Even with those issues, Walker kept the offense moving and helped take pressure off Mahomes until the quarterback could start spreading the ball to his secondary targets.
The result was a balanced showing against a Chargers team that keeps finding ways to hand games away, and Walker was right at the center of it.
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