Kenneth Walker split chairs with Zach Charbonnet in Seattle. He’s the man in Kansas City.
With Patrick Mahomes back nine months after tearing his ACL and LCL, the Chiefs relied on Walker and their running game in a 31-10 rout of the Broncos. The Chiefs threw 27 passes for 184 yards and rushed 38 times for 220 yards.
It was the third-fastest yardage for an Andy Reid team in Kansas City.
Walker, the Super Bowl LX MVP who signed with the Chiefs in free agency, ran for 173 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries and caught three passes for 18 yards and a touchdown. It was his career rushing yardage, surpassing the 167 he had in his sixth career game.
Walker had more yards from scrimmage (191) than the Broncos as a team (176).
Mahomes ran for a 15-yard touchdown and threw a 13-yard pass to Rashee Rice and a 2-yard pass to Walker, but he was just 15 of 27 for 184 yards and an interception.
Bo Nix had a terrible, terrible, not good, very bad day in his first game with Davis Webb as his starter and in his return from a season-ending ankle injury. The Broncos quarterback threw an interception and missed a fumble — and nearly missed another — while completing 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
His punt went 19 yards to Evan Engram, who led the Broncos with four catches for 43 yards.
The Broncos, who trailed just 14-7 at halftime, had just 15 carries for 61 yards.
