Kenneth Walker III is gone to the Kansas City Chiefs, but Seattle Seahawks fans likely understand the move. He is playing football in hopes of making generational wealth, and after winning a Super Bowl with Seattle, Walker left for a team offering him more money.
That's just good business, and likely no hard feelings exist between the player and 12s. Walker was a quiet person, didn't have off-field issues, and did his job well when he was healthy enough to do it. Along the way, he got some help from Seahawks legend Shaun Alexander, and that bond won't change with Walker in KC.
According to a conversation Walker had with Ratings' DJ Siddiqi, "I talked to Shaun Alexander (after the Super Bowl). I always talk to him, he’s pretty cool...it was just really conversations over the years (that helped me). We’ve always talked. After the game, he was proud of me. I think, before the game, got to see his kids. I think he had like 12 or 13, so I talked to them and got to take pictures with them. But we always have conversations."
Kenneth Walker shows a Seattle Seahawks legend some love
Alexander, of course, is the most productive running back in Seattle history, and it's not close. He ran for 100 touchdowns, for instance, and the second-best is Marshawn Lynch, who had 58. Alexander's 9.429 rushing yards with the Seahawks is 2,700 yards better than the second-best, Chris Warren.
Walker, it should be noted, is eighth all-time on Seattle's rushing yards list (3,555), and fifth for rushing touchdowns (29). He was very good at times and great when the Seahawks needed him most at the end of last season. After Zach Charbonnet was injured in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, Walker got almost all the reps, and he was elite.
While Seattle's passing attack struggled a bit against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, even while the Seahawks were dominating defensively, Walker kept the offense moving with his legs. He was worthy of his selection as Super Bowl LX MVP.
As for Walker sharing time with Charbonnet, there were certainly no personal problems or separation from competing for the same spot. The two got along quite well.
Walker said of his former teammate, "We’re always close. The media will try to separate you, say this, say that, but like we knew off rip that we were going to be close, making sure we had that bond no matter what. So yeah, I still talk to Zach pretty much daily."
Of course, the odd part is that for the Seattle Seahawks offense to be successful immediately next season, they will need to forget that Walker or Charbonnet could have been options. Charbonnet will likely miss several games while recovering from his knee injury.
Instead, rookie Jadarian Price is likely to be RB1. The hope, though, is that by the time he is done playing for Seattle, he has surpassed what Walker did and is much closer to the numbers Shaun Alexander produced.
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