This Sunday marks a massive moment for the Kansas City Chiefs as they take on the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on Sunday Night Football. For one, they have an opportunity to go 6-0, but another big storyline is that it'll be Kenneth Walker's first time playing his former team since signing with the Chiefs in free agency this offseason.
Walker was a huge reason why the Seahawks ultimately hoisted the Lombardi Trophy, and he was rewarded with Super Bowl MVP honors. It was well-deserved, considering Walker rushed for 135 yards. He was dominant throughout the entirety of the playoffs, too, tallying 313 rushing yards and four total touchdowns.
The Chiefs were thrilled to add him to their backfield, and he's showing why early in the season. He's already rushed for 665 yards and six touchdowns in just five games with the Chiefs so far and has had over 100 rushing yards in all but one game. He's given the Chiefs' offense a whole new look, and fans are loving it.
This weekend will mark Walker's first game against his former team, one that he helped lead to a Super Bowl title. The Seahawks drafted Walker in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft and helped mold him into the player he is today. That wasn't enough for them to keep him around, though, and the Chiefs are happy that the Seahawks let him leave.
With Walker facing his former team, it begs the question of how former Super Bowl MVPs have done when squaring off against the team they won a title with for the first time. The last five to do so haven't exactly inspired confidence, but hopefully Walker can buck that trend and deliver a performance worth writing home about.
Cooper Kupp didn't have a big impact vs. Rams
Cooper Kupp was crowned MVP of Super Bowl 56 after catching eight passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns. Three years later, the Rams elected not to keep him in Los Angeles, and he signed with the Seahawks instead. This meant that Kupp would face his former team twice a year, and Seahawks fans had to be hoping that he'd stick it to his old team in the best possible way.
Kupp's first game against his former team came in Week 11 of the 2025 season when the Seahawks traveled to Los Angeles to play their divisional foe. He didn't have much of an impact on the final outcome of the game, one that Kupp's old team ultimately won, catching three passes for 23 yards.
Tom Brady was serviceable vs. Patriots
For two decades, Tom Brady quarterbacked the New England Patriots, helping them win six Super Bowls during that time. But, as the old saying goes, all good things come to an end, and they did for Brady and the Patriots in the 2020 offseason. Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and, unfortunately, as Chiefs fans know, led his new team to a Super Bowl in his first year with them.
The next season, as the reigning Super Bowl champs, the Buccaneers went into New England for Brady's first game against the team that he spent 20 years with. The end result was a 19-17 Buccaneers victory in Week 4. Brady was decent, completing 22 of 43 passes for 269 yards with zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. The most important thing for him and his new team, however, was getting the dub, which they did.
Von Miller recorded 1 tackle vs. Broncos
Super Bowl 50 saw Von Miller lead a ferocious Broncos defense to victory against league MVP Cam Newton and the Panthers. It wasn't a fun game for Chiefs fans to watch, but Miller was phenomenal, notching six tackles, two sacks, two QB pressures, and two hurries. You know a defender has to be darn near lights out to win an MVP in the Super Bowl, and Miller was just that.
The Broncos traded Miller to the Rams ahead of the deadline in 2021, and he went on to win another Super Bowl with the Rams. In 2022, Miller signed with the Bills, but it wasn't until 2023 that he faced the team he won Super Bowl MVP with for the first time.
Miller played 29.3% of the defensive snaps and had one tackle in his first game against the Broncos. To make matters worse for him, his Bills lost the game 24-22.
Malcolm Smith didn't make a difference in blowout vs. Seahawks
Of all the Super Bowl MVPs, Malcolm Smith is probably one of the more unknown ones. It was hard to pick an MVP in Super Bowl 48, considering the entire Seahawks team absolutely curb-stomped the Broncos that night, but Smith ultimately got the nod after the performance he put on against the Broncos.
Smith had a pick-six, recovered a fumble, and led the Seahawks in tackles that night. Everyone did their part against the Broncos, but Smith stood out above the rest. He left the Seahawks in 2015, joining the Raiders and playing there for a few years, but it wasn't until 2018, when he was with the 49ers, that he played the team he won a Super Bowl with for the first time.
In Week 13, Smith's 49ers got blown out by the Seahawks. Smith played 100% of the defensive snaps and tallied seven tackles. It wasn't enough, though, as the Seahawks won the game 43-16.
Joe Flacco didn't move the needle vs. Ravens
Joe Flacco helped lead the Ravens to a Super Bowl victory in the 2012 season, ultimately prevailing over the 49ers. He remained in Baltimore until 2019, and that's when he began his career as an NFL journeyman, bouncing from team to team.
Somehow, he made it until the 2025 season before he had to face his old team for the first time. That came when he was the starting quarterback of the Browns and headed to Baltimore for the first time not as a Raven. The game did not go well for Flacco and his team, as they were blown out 41-17.
Flacco completed 25 of his 45 passes for 199 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. It was a performance to forget for him and the entire Browns team, and it wasn't long before Cleveland shipped him off to division rival Cincinnati for the rest of the season.
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