The Atlanta Falcons are headed into a massive game this weekend against the Kansas City Chiefs which may just be a must-win in order to avoid falling four games below .500 headed into the bye. While the NFC South is wide open and as putrid as ever, Atlanta does not want to continue to lose ground, and if they are going to accomplish anything in 2026, this is a game they have to win.

Things have just not been good enough as of late, and if the Falcons wish to avoid a doomed fate just ten games in, this is a game they absolutely have to win. Unfortunately for Atlanta though, one position they usually have an advantage over the other team almost every time could be neutralized by the Chiefs. For as great as Bijan Robinson is, Kenneth Walker has looked like potentially the best running back in all of football this season.

Walker has completely changed the outlook of this Kansas City offense, and he is going to try to do that again in Mercedes-Benz Stadium this week. The running back edge that Atlanta almost always has may not be the case with the Chiefs coming to town.

While Robinson leads the NFL in rushing yards with 880 of them, Walker is right behind him with 872, and he has done it in ten less attempts to this point. With a yards per carry of 5.5 compared to 5.2 for Robinson, Walker has been on another level this year.

He also has more touchdowns with seven of them compared to five for Robinson, and Walker leads the league in yards per game with 109 of them on average.

It has cooled down a bit, but there were even legitimate MVP conversations surrounding Walker through the first month of the season, and he has been every bit a advertised since coming to Kansas City in free agency.

This is going to be a great duel of backs and it's not to say Walker is way better than Robinson or anything like that, but a position where Atlanta usually is going to be the better team in is at the very least close to even this time around.

Which star has the better afternoon could go a long way towards determining who wins the game, and time will tell who can do it.