Chiefs' Dominance: Kenneth Walker & Patrick Mahomes Brilliance

Man, I got to say, you know, this Chiefs team, boy, Kenneth Walker or Patrick Mahomes, who's been the most influential part of this start this season for Andy Reid and these Chiefs, man? He looks like the centerpiece of this team. Now, look, I get it with Mahomes. He's the quarterback. But, man, who do you think has been the most influential guy in this startup for this team this year, the Chiefs? Kenny Walker or Patrick Mahomes? I think you have to go with Kenneth Walker just because he's completely changed how the Chiefs offense operates they've gone from you know a unit that's relied almost exclusively on the pass to make make it do what it does and now you have Walker coming in there and this is a run heavy team and he just keeps the chains moving and he's making life easy on Patrick Mahomes and this is why this signing was so smart for the Chiefs you know Patrick Mahomes was coming off the first major injury of his professional career and we have barely talked about that through six weeks because Kenneth Walker has been the centerpiece and the Chiefs haven't had to ask Patrick Mahomes to carry this team. And that is going to be critical down the stretch because at some point the Chiefs are going to want to lighten Kenneth Walker's workload to get him ready for the playoffs. When that happens, Mahomes will probably be asked to carry the team a little bit more, but he'll be that much further removed from the injury. So it's kind of like this harmonious thing that worked out so well that they're going to be this ground dominant team early on and then later on they're going to move to balance they're going to get Kenneth Walker the rest he needs for the playoff run i really like how they built this offense but i would say through six weeks Kenneth Walker has been the most important player to the chiefs offense because they could not operate in the way that they are without him there man i'll tell you speaking of like not operating here or operating how about this chargers team oh and six on the season you know you and I have talked man I had great expectations for Herbert for this team for Mike McDaniels I mean has John Harbaugh excuse me has Jim Harbaugh's seat now become hot with this move I think it's definitely heating up a little bit I think he has more leeway because you know he had back-to-back 11 and 6 seasons with the Chargers and as badly as this season has gone there is a natural scapegoat and just saying hey this whole Mike McDaniel offense did not work out So I think eventually the move is going to be to make a change at coordinator there, whether it comes in season or later on in the year. I don't know what will happen there, but Harbaugh will probably do that, try to save his job and get Herbert playing at a more acceptable level. But Herbert this season, just he looks completely lost out there. I don't know what the deal is with him. I know it's probably partly offensive fit, but it goes beyond that. I mean, watching him against the Chiefs, you just felt like he had no chance out there. And he's too talented of a player for you to watch him play a game and say, man, this guy just doesn't look like an NFL caliber quarterback right now. So I think the Chargers have some work to do to figure out what's going on with them and how they can fix it. But I think the scapegoat right now is shaping up to be McDaniel.