Kenneth Walker is the Chiefs’ perfect medicine to ease Patrick Mahomes’ return from injury

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Facing second-and-goal from the 15-yard line, Patrick Mahomes wasn’t planning to scramble.

The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback wanted to get hit on the run at some point in his first game back from an ACL and LCL tear, he’d told head coach Andy Reid.

But on this first drive, as Mahomes dropped back in the red zone, he was planning to pass the ball to Travis Kelce.

Then Kelce wasn’t open, and Denver Broncos defenders started closing in from both sides, so Mahomes figured he’d pick up a few yards to edge the Chiefs closer to third-and-manageable. Instead, Broncos defenders were falling in his wake and Mahomes sensed…

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