Kenneth Walker Over/Under 55.5 Rush Yards: Analysis & Prediction

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Kenneth Walker III, 55 and a half rushing yards,

00:08 over or under, what says you?

00:10 - I'm so sorry to all the live infections around.

00:15 - That was like the worst Monty Python character I ever heard.

00:17 I don't know what that is.

00:19 But I'd like to hear more of it.

00:21 - Of course you would.

00:22 - Kenneth Walker III, as you so eloquently put it.

00:27 Walker, 55 and a half rushing yards over or under.

00:30 Look, the whole thing with Walker

00:32 is always the same for me,

00:32 which is it's not a question of effort level.

00:35 It's not a question of Ken Walker being a solid running back.

00:38 It's a question of the durability.

00:40 Can he withstand the action?

00:42 Now, this matchup today is one where you gotta figure

00:46 they're gonna use him.

00:48 Last week against Pittsburgh, he had 53 yards rushing.

00:50 A week before that, 54 yards rushing.

00:52 And this week against Arizona,

00:53 we're looking at the 55 mark.

00:56 So this number is so spot on, it kind of scares me.

00:58 I don't love it, to be honest with you.

01:00 I will lean towards the over,

01:02 because in my mind, Arizona has showed you

01:05 they can be competitive in games.

01:07 And being competitive in games means

01:08 you're gonna have to keep pushing back and forth.

01:11 And I think that's a good thing potentially

01:12 for Ken Walker to get more touches in this game.

01:14 So I like this over,

01:16 but it is kind of thread in the needle for me.

01:18 I don't love it, to be honest with you.

01:20 I think this is right on the money.

01:22 I'm also fascinated to hear what Derek Brown has to say

01:24 about next year with the Seattle backfield.

01:26 If Ken Walker's done enough to stave off

01:29 maybe Charbonnet in year two.

01:31 Is it his backfield?

01:32 Is it a split again?

01:33 I don't know what you think about

01:34 what you saw out of Walker this year.

01:36 You saw a lot of good.

01:37 You also saw a lot of injured.

01:39 And again, that's two years in a row of that.

01:40 So I don't know how that plays with Pete Carroll.

01:42 So what do you think, D?

01:43 You wanna go over or under the 55 and a half?

01:45 I'm gonna go over, but it is close.

01:47 - I'll take the over,

01:50 and I would have more trepidation with it

01:52 if Seattle wasn't gonna go all out.

01:54 And they don't have something to play for.

01:56 And with that firmly being the case,

01:58 and we've seen Arizona,

01:59 Arizona's kind of like the new commanders.

02:01 They are pushing teams weekly, weekly,

02:05 and pushing them to the brink of winning

02:07 and heck, they beat the Eagles.

02:09 So Seattle, we know is going all out

02:11 to try to make the playoffs here.

02:12 And Kenneth Walker, like, yes, the shoulder is not 100%,

02:16 but he hasn't been 100% for a number of weeks.

02:18 So just leaning on efficiency,

02:21 and he's still breaking tackles at a top shelf clip.

02:25 So given all of that, I will take the over.

02:27 Now next year's backfield,

02:29 I think we can see what I kind of forecast

02:31 over this backfield this year,

02:33 if we get health out of both of these guys

02:34 and Charbonnet plays a little bit better.

02:37 This could be the new Cleveland Browns backfield,

02:39 where you have Kenneth Walker playing the chub role,

02:41 taking the early downs and being the early down hammer.

02:45 And then Charbonnet is brought in for passing downs

02:47 and some of the red zone work.

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