The Kansas City Chiefs' biggest move this offseason was signing Super Bowl 60 MVP Kenneth Walker to a three-year deal. Bringing Walker in gives the Chiefs' backfield a major boost and hopefully, for the first time since early in Patrick Mahomes' career, Kansas City will have a legitimate run game to help take the pressure off their superstar quarterback.
Nate Taylor, the Chiefs beat writer for ESPN, recently appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and broke down specifically how Walker is going to help K.C.
"There were a number of factors when it comes to Kenneth Walker, though, at least what we saw in the offseason program," Taylor said. "He has the explosion. He has the vision and what the Chiefs like is that he can make people miss in the second level of the defense, right? The linebackers, the safeties. That was something that the Chiefs missed so much last year was not only just explosive plays, but being able to break tackles or evade defenders who were coming at a certain angle where it put more of the pressure on Mahomes."
Kenneth Walker poised to solve major Chiefs offensive issue
It's not hard to see why the Chiefs were excited about Walker's presence to the offense. Having a good run game means that Mahomes won't have to play hero ball and it'll keep defenses a little more on their toes, which hasn't been the case in recent years.
The Chiefs also didn't have a running back like Walker in recent years with Isiah Pacheco regressing and Kareem Hunt showing his age a bit more. A move like this was needed to not only help Mahomes as he comes back from his injury but to help open up the offense more in general, as the Chiefs' offense was getting quite stale.
Hopefully, Andy Reid makes running the ball a priority and doesn't go away from it late in games as he's been prone to do sometimes. The Chiefs need to be a team that can run the ball effectively and Walker absolutely will help them do that.
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