The Seahawks definitely seemed to distance themselves from their top NFC West foes last weekend.

While the Hawks were busy building an even deeper roster and adding some potential starters for their next Super Bowl run, the Rams wasted the 13^th overall pick on a raw quarterback who will sit until Matthew Stafford retires and the 49ers reached for most of their top picks.

Brock Huard’s reaction to the Rams’ pick of Ty Simpson probably spoke for most Seattle fans, who also are pretty happy that John Lynch is taking a ton of heat for what looks like another bad draft (he ranks 24th in the league since 2020, per Hawk Blogger’s draft rank tool).

In early April, we took a look at the teams that we thought could beat the Seahawks right now. The Rams were the only team we thought could definitely do it. We thought two others — Kansas City and Philadelphia — had a shot, five were doubtful and six definitely could not.

Let’s see whether the chance increased for any of them after the draft.

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