Seahawks 'Achilles heel' for 2026 is obvious Kenneth Walker III problem originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Seattle Seahawks won the 2025 Super Bowl, trouncing the New England Patriots. They're going to begin the 2026 season against the Patriots, but there're going to be a few new problems that need answering.
While the Patriots added A.J. Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, and both teams added a ton of new faces to the roster, for the Seahawks, the departure of Kenneth Walker III is the biggest difference for this matchup.
The Super Bowl MVP is with the Kansas City Chiefs now, leaving Seattle with new faces at RB. And as ESPN's Brady Henderson noted, the Seahawks "Achilles heel" for 2026 is this RB problem, about who takes over, and how they perform with Walker gone.
"The run game isn't an obvious Achilles' heel, but it is a question mark," Henderson writes. "Kenneth Walker III left in free agency and Charbonnet, Seattle's co-starter in 2025, might miss a good chunk of the season following February knee surgery."