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.

With teams trading all over the place at the bottom of the first round, the Seahawks ended up without a chair. So, stuck at 32, they drafted Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price — the guy they said “stood alone” on their board.

John Schneider said he thought they were going to move down, but “it fell apart” as the Jets and Tennessee moved ahead of them in a flurry of trades at the bottom of the round.

“I did honestly think we were going to be able to move there for a minute — and still maybe have a shot at him,” Schneider said. “But sometimes these things just don’t work out.”