Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III named Super Bowl MVP

Episode Date: February 9, 2026

Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote reacted to Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III being named the MVP of Super Bowl LX.

Laila Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 104-3 The Score. And we're still breaking down some of the lessons that we learned in the discussion surrounding the Super Bowl because it all means more once you know the Bears are in the playoffs and they played two games and they faced a team who ultimately lost to the Seahawks and the Rams twice. and then we saw what happened after that. By the way, that Rams game, I thought this was a great point too

that Ernest Jones had made was at the first loss that the Seahawks had to the Rams when they lost 21 to 19 back in November. If you look at the schedule after that, that's when the magic started to happen. They won 10 straight games, including the Super Bowl. Is that good?

I think that's pretty good, good, guys. Strong finish. It's very hard to do to get through, especially the back half of a season when obviously everyone's entered. Remember, they just locked Zach Straubene. Yes, we don't even talk about that. You know why? Because Kenneth Walker, the third, exists.

And he doesn't just exist. He was freaking awesome. It's an incredible adjustment when you think about it. He said that was when the team set upon themselves, like, we don't want to have this happen again. It wasn't their standard. It was at the Rams on Sunday, November 16th. Then it was, beat the Tennessee Titans 30 to

24. Okay, it's the Titans, I get it. 26-0-0 over the Vikings. 37 to 9 over the Falcons. 18 to 16 against the Colts. That was Mark Grady's favorite, like, early season team. Yeah, I love to. They were great early and then they fell apart. Then it was the

38, 37, exciting game and overtime against the Rams. Then it was beating Carolina, seven to 10, 13 to 3 over the 49ers to end the regular season, 41 to 6 over the 49ers in the playoffs in the divisional, 31 27 over the Rams, and then 29 to 13, 10 straight. Outstanding. Yeah, they were the best team in football, and sometimes the best team that people feel like is the best team doesn't actually win the Super Bowl, but I think everything checks out. team that won the best division in football, team that had to vanquish some of its division

rivals just to get to the Super Bowl and to get to this stage. It's pretty remarkable. And I think there's a level of anonymity that comes with playing in the Great Northwest way out there where they just don't get talked about as much. And I think for once, people are going to have to say, hey, the Seahawks have become somewhat of a standard barrier here when we talk about the fact that their defense led the way and their quarterback doesn't have to be a top five quarterback in the NFL to get the job done. That might start making people look at the formula a little bit differently. But that one constant, it would be the running game because Kenneth Walker the third,

157 total yards of offense. And he, you talk about the field goals, but a lot of the reasons they got field goal after field goal after field goal is because he was toting that thing. That's true. Could not have gotten Jason Meyer. into position for 15 field goals without Kenneth Walker on several of those drives. But it's pretty amazing because the voters of MVP, the NFL, probably viewers, everybody wants the quarterback to get the MVP or a wide receiver.

It just doesn't happen. I mean, there hasn't been a running back win the MVP since Terrell Davis in the late 90s with the Denver Broncos. 98. 98, right. So this year's Kenneth Walker. that I'm just rattling off the recent MVP's Jalen Hertz, Philly,

Patrick Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes, Cooper Cup, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Julian Edelman, Nick Foles, Tom Brady. Oh, there was a... Von Miller in Super Bowl 50, as we remember. He was badass in that one. They destroyed that team. But you get the point.

The voters like to avoid defense and running backs in this era. It's more wide receivers and quarterback, so we all had to just take a deep breath and accept that Kenneth Walker or Jason Myers were the best players in that game. I love that you're still standing up for Jason Myers. Why would you? I mean, the guy, he made five, he was responsible for 15 points.

So why would that, why would that be a problem sticking up for Jason Myers? More than 15 points. Don't forget the extras. And the extra points, exactly. So I'm accepting that Kenneth Walker is the MVP, but you do, none of us wants to, but you have to mention the guy who accounted for 15 points in a super. I'm not just saying this because he's in a line eye. But Devin Witherspoon, like I said, had a tremendous playoffs, had an excellent Super Bowl.

He had 21 pass rush snaps in 14 games this season. He had six in the Super Bowl. That was like a whole new wrinkle they unveiled for this game. He was a disruptor. I love the fact that this guy was coming in and apparently checking for the Blitz was not at high on the priority list for either team. if you followed like the way the defense rained havoc on both players and just one quarterback made one play more than the other.

And Sam Darnold, maybe the most remarkable thing about this whole Super Bowl run for him, big knock on him is not good in big games. Implodes. Remember how they lost to the Rams last year in the playoffs. This man didn't have a single turnover in three games in a postseason run. That is impressive. Meanwhile, as mentioned, not only did he get sacked six times Drake May, He put the ball on the ground once and he threw two picks.

One of them, of course, returned to the house. I'll give a shout out to Spoonie's counterpart on the other side. Did you call him Spoonie? Is that what we're doing? Yeah, I did it. Mark Rooney has dubbed Devin Wither Spoon on this show, Spoonie. How you like that, I-L-I-N-I folks? On this, the 9th of February.

I will give credit to Christian Gonzalez. That's a badass player right there for the Patriots. He made two big-time plays in that game. But yeah, give it the Witherspoon. What are we giving him? Hmm. A spoon? A, we thought you could have had a good shot for MVP in the Super Bowl.

Yeah, yeah. You got a shout out on Rahimi Harrison Grotty. I think that's enough right there. We have a special award on this show that could be utilized for this very moment. The Mark Grotty, he deserved better award. Oh. That would be for Gonzalez. Yeah.

That's why I thought you were referring to. Christian Gonzalez. I'm sorry. Better. Yes. But Layla wanted to give an award to Spooey. With a Spood. Yeah. Also, how about this? I'd forgotten about this little quote that made the airwaves.

DeMarcus Lawrence. Do you remember what he said? Dallas is my home. I was never going to win a Super Bowl there. Spot on. Spot on. Spot on. Markis, spot on. If only everyone could call their shot so clearly. I thought that was pretty good. Coming up next here on Rahimi Harris and Grotie, you've heard a lot of our thoughts. Well, we brought in just the guy. Big and here,

and our defensive specialist, is going to join us for the next two segments to talk about what he saw, and also maybe some of the bears-related thoughts he had as well. That's next.