The Super Bowl has a way of rearranging the NFL’s priorities. One night, everything feels settled, with confetti, champagne, and legacy talk. The next morning, the league wakes up restless, already wondering how to bottle whatever magic just won a Lombardi Trophy. For the teams watching from home, the question becomes familiar and unavoidable: How do we get there next?
For the Chicago Bears, that question may come with a familiar answer: chasing explosiveness, youth, and players who have already proven themselves, including Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III.
PFSN Predicts Bears to Sign Kenneth Walker During Offseason
Fresh off a Super Bowl MVP performance and a postseason run that rewrote how many people view him, Kennetth Walker is suddenly much more than a talented back. PFSN believes the Chicago Bears could be among the teams lining up to make a run at Walker, projecting Chicago as a potential landing spot as it looks to get “younger and more explosive” on offense.
Under first-year head coach Ben Johnson, the Bears leaned heavily on the run game in 2025. The results were strong on paper, with Chicago finishing third in the NFL at 144.5 rushing yards per game. But as the season stretched into January, Johnson said the ground game did not always deliver when the margin for error disappeared.
That has continued into the offseason.
Nevertheless, Walker’s burst, vision, and ability to thrive in outside-zone concepts would bring a different rhythm to the Bears’ offense/ Paired with Kyle Monangai’s bruising, inside-running style, Chicago could stress defenses in ways it simply couldn’t during its playoff run. One back dances; the other dares defenses to meet him in the hole.
Of course, this is where reality taps on the shoulder.
Walker not only played well in the postseason, but he also changed his financial future. In Seattle’s 29-13 Super Bowl win over New England, he carried the ball 27 times for 135 yards, earning MVP honors. Over the entire playoff run, he totaled 313 rushing yards, four touchdowns, and added nine receptions for 104 yards. He has a score of 65.8 on PFSN’s RBi with a D grade.
Spotrac currently has Walker’s market value at just over $9 million per year, but that figure feels optimistic for teams hoping to bargain. A deal in the $11-12 million range seems far more realistic, especially considering Walker is just 25 years old and carries less wear than many of his peers thanks to a shared workload with Zach Charbonnet in Seattle.
But the Bears are pressing priorities and above the salary cap.
