Seahawks fans felt a gut punch. Kenneth Walker III was gone. The running back room was suddenly gutted. Within hours, every sports aggregator was buzzing about Seattle needing to restock at running back.

Since entering the NFL in 2022, Kenneth Walker III has been big on the winning culture. From entering the books as one of the only two players in Seattle’s history to rush for at least 1,000 yards as a rookie alongside Curt Warner,