Yahoo Fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Justin Boone break down Kenneth Walker’s fantasy potential after signing with the Kansas City Chiefs. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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I mean, you got to be pretty excited about this.
If you, you are a, a true Kenneth Walker bro, he’s going to Kansas City.
They need some explosion in the run game.
For all of his flaws, he brings explosive play ability.
How high are you ranking Kenneth Walker as a result of this, 1.01 or 1.02?
Well, I mean, it’s hard not to be excited about this one, but yes.
It is funny that he did wait until the fantasy season was over and then decided to completely go off.
Yeah, re- real great, really appreciated that.
But this was one of the best landing spots for a running back, and I think people were kind of wish casting that he could be the guy that ended up going there.
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It ended up happening, and now I think for fantasy, we’re gonna see everyone debate it all, all off-season long, and I don’t think there’s much to debate here.
I think this is just an obvious pick, a guy that you’re gonna want, a guy to target now in the second round.
I feel like that’s where he’s gonna go.
That’s where I’m gonna have him ranked.
And this just completely solves all the problems that have been in this rushing attack.
They haven’t had explosive runs.
They haven’t had a great rushing attack by any means.
Like, in terms of yardage, you look at the, the rushing yards the last few years, it’s just continuously gone down from 19th in the league to 22nd to 25th this past season in rushing yards overall.
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And now they finally have that guy who isn’t this mix of Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt and whoever else they’ve tried to throw out there the last few years.
This is a player who can elevate this rushing attack by himself, can make big plays and actually take advantage of some of the holes that that offensive line is making for him.
I think this is fantastic, and he’s not gonna have any sort of competition like he had in Seattle in Zach Charbonnet.
There’s nobody else on this roster that’s gonna really threaten him.
They have Rashard Smith and no one.
So I think that they’ll probably draft somebody or sign someone else, but there’s not really anyone else on the market that’s gonna move the needle that much.
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I think Kenneth Walker is gonna blow up here.
I think he’s got a shot to be a true RB one in fantasy, just like we thought that he was gonna do last year, just like he was the year before on a per game basis in Seattle.
I think he’s gonna get a shot to finally do that this year.
Though I will say, you’re joking about being the top running back.
He doesn’t have even, like, I would say top five running back potential because I don’t think he’s ever gonna get enough passes in.
Like, he’s just not gonna get the ball in the passing game- Yeah that much like those guys do at the top.
But still- Yeah locked in in my mind as a top 12 and maybe even top 10 guy.