Chiefs RB Coach Murray: Hard to Take Walker Out

Chiefs running back coach DeMarco Murray says it's hard to take Kenneth Walker out of games.

Sep 25, 2026

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Chiefs RB Coach Murray: Hard to Take Walker Out

Chiefs running back coach DeMarco Murray says it's hard to take Kenneth Walker out of games.

In brief

Chiefs running back coach DeMarco Murray says it's hard to take Kenneth Walker out of games. Chiefs RB coach DeMarco Murray says Kenneth Walker's skill makes it difficult to replace him in games. Originally reported by NBC Sports.

Kenneth Walker's strong start

Chiefs running back kenneth walker led the nfl in carries through first two weeks and tied with jahmyr gibbs for overall offensive touches.

Coach Murray's press conference

running backs coach demarco murray fielded questions about kenneth walker's workload at a press conference on thursday.

Walker's skill and challenge

Walker's skill and challenge

murray said walker 'likes the ball a lot and i like giving it to him' but emphasized finding ways to get rookie emmett johnson into the mix more often.

“murray said walker 'likes the ball a lot and i like giving it to him'”

Johnson's potential role

emmett johnson has 103 yards on 14 touches so far this season and could get more opportunities against the dolphins this week.

Murray's decision on Walker

murray said it's hard to take kenneth walker out of games but will pull the trigger to get no. 9 out of there and put no. 10 in there for week 3.

“murray said it's more of a feel for me . obviously, i want kenneth to get into a groove and, as you guys have seen these first two games, it's hard to kind of take him out”

The short version

Chiefs RB coach DeMarco Murray says Kenneth Walker's skill makes it difficult to replace him in games.

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