It was a debut to remember for tailback Ken Walker on Monday night, and following a career-best performance, the league sent some recognition his way on Wednesday.
Walker earned AFC “Offensive Player of the Week” honors for Week 1 after the veteran tailback amassed a career-high 191 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in Monday night’s victory over Denver. The reigning Super Bowl MVP recorded 179 yards after contact in the game, breaking a league-most 14 tackles along the way. He also ripped off two runs of 20+ yards in the game, nearly matching the Chiefs’ combined total number of runs as a team all of last year (3).