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Why Gennaro chose the Chiefs: Last February, Seattle completed the winningest season in franchise history by winning its second Lombardi Trophy, while Kansas City was still reeling from its first losing campaign under Andy Reid, with Patrick Mahomes recovering from major knee surgery. What a difference eight months makes. Today, the Chiefs sit atop the AFC West as the only undefeated team in their conference, while the Seahawks already find themselves three games back in the NFC West as the only .500 team in their conference. It seems far too simple to attribute this reversal of fortune to a single offseason move, but at the same time, Kenneth Walker III’s move from Seattle to Kansas City clearly had a profound impact on both franchises. The Chiefs, who have never fielded a top-15 rushing attack during Mahomes’ tenure, rank second with an average of 159.8 rushing yards per game. Walker leads the league with 665 rushing yards — and that’s despite playing one fewer game than the next three leading rushers (Bijan Robinson, James Cook III and Derrick Henry), thanks to KC’s Week 5 bye. Meanwhile, the Seahawks have yet to finish a game with a 100-yard rush, and their well-documented struggles on the ground put too much weight on Sam Darnold’s plate, as evidenced by the quarterback’s seven interceptions over the past four weeks. It is impossible to not think back to free agency, when the Hawks re-signed WR Rashid Shaheed to a three-year, $51 million deal and allowed Walker to walk to Kansas City for less money (three years, $43.05 million). Hindsight is 20/20, but the fallout from this trade gave me the foresight to support the team with K9.