Kenneth Walker SIGNS with Chiefs | Fantasy Football Impact & RB Value in Kansas City! (FFT Express)
Fantasy Football Today
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Kenneth Walker Jr. is headed to Kansas City! The Chiefs have signed the former Seattle Seahawks running back, giving Patrick Mahomes and the offense a dynamic new weapon in the backfield. But what does this move mean for fantasy football heading into the 2026 season?
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| 0:00.0 | Kenneth Walker to the Chiefs. We'll break it down right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. |
| 0:10.0 | All right, Ken Walker, going to a team that has been searching for a running back for a very long time since the Patrick Mahomes era began in 2018. |
| 0:19.2 | They basically had two good running backs for fantasy purposes. Karim Hunt in |
| 0:22.9 | 2018 and Isaiah Pacheco a few years ago. They have tried Levi-on-Bel. They have tried Clyde |
| 0:29.4 | Edwards-Elair. They have tried Lyshaun McCoy. They have not had a lot of success running |
| 0:34.4 | the ball. They are hoping that changes now with Ken Walker, three-year deal worth up to $45 million. All right. Give me, as of right now, |
| 0:42.4 | give me a round. Where are you drafting Ken Walker, Heath? I am going to say it's likely round |
| 0:47.8 | three. I think I'll have him. I mean, I'm sure there will be some round two discussion on him, |
| 0:55.8 | and the rest of the chief's offense, |
| 0:58.0 | offseason will inform this take a little bit more. |
| 1:00.9 | But I think borderline RB1, probably at the two to three turn. |
| 1:06.4 | I think he'll end up being a high end RB2. |
| 1:09.1 | I would assume that the chiefs will not make Walker their only running back, |
| 1:13.2 | and they will split work. |
| 1:15.5 | But I think he could be pretty good. |
| 1:17.4 | I'm mildly optimistic, cautiously optimistic that he'll have top 10 upside, |
| 1:25.3 | and you can draft him at a RB 1415 price tag. |
| 1:29.3 | That's a round three pick. |
| 1:31.4 | It's funny. |
| 1:31.9 | It feels like Ken Walker's coming off this great season. |
| 1:34.5 | He won Super Bowl MVP. |
| 1:36.5 | He was amazing in the playoffs without Zach Charbonnet. |
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