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The Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons are set to play on Sunday in what was expected to be a battle of two of the top running backs in the league.
Falcons running back Bijan Robinson leads the NFL with 880 rushing yards. Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker has the second-most rushing yards (872). But the status for Walker is uncertain on Friday after a surprising injury development.
Per Sam McDowell of the Kansas City Star, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told reporters Walker was held out of practice with a tight groin.
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"We'll see how he feels through this afternoon, with rehab, and through tomorrow," Reid said of Walker.
Walker had not been on the Week 10 injury report for Wednesday or Thursday. He was coming off a strong performance in the Chiefs' 35-12 win over the New York Jets in Week 9, when the running back rushed for 102 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries. Emmett Johnson rushed six times for 34 yards and a score in the win over New York.
Walker has been instrumental in keeping the Chiefs offense on schedule and improving a unit that struggled in 2025. Kansas City is averaging 5.1 yards per rush this season, up from 4.2 yards per carry in 2025.
The Chiefs offense did get a boost at receiver before playing the Falcons. Kansas City traded 2027 fourth- and fifth-round picks to the Indianapolis Colts for wide receiver Josh Downs and a 2027 seventh-round pick.
be Earlier in the week, Patrick Mahomes said he believes Downs will able to transition quickly to the offense.
"He runs routes really well,” Mahomes said, via Pro Football Talk. “He sets them up really well where he will run a route early in the game that he sets up for another one later in the game. And then he has really good feel, you can tell, obviously, playing in the system that he has, he has a lot of read-type routes, and you can tell he knows how to get himself open, settle in the right zones, and win versus man [coverage] when he can.
“And so, I think it will be an easy transition for him to kind of do that stuff in our offense. Then, with how we do things, he can play a lot of different positions as we move receivers and tight ends around.”
The Chiefs are 6-2 before traveling to play the 3-6 Atlanta Falcons.
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