My heart breaks for Rashaad Penny. The sheer misfortune of his recent season-ending injury is awful for so many reasons, and I wish him a full and swift recovery. Of course, injuries are a sad reality of football, and the league continues to move forward, regardless of who gets left behind. As such, the Seattle Seahawks don’t have much time to find their heir apparent to Penny’s role in the backfield; for this reason, it is particularly fortunate that they drafted a running back who is as talented and loaded with potential as Kenneth Walker III.
When the team selected the former Michigan State Spartan in the 2nd round of the draft, there was a mixture of hand-wringing and rejoicing, with the former group pointing to the relative lack of value of a running back in a passing league, and the latter crowd simply pointing to Walker’s game-breaking ability.