Instant impressions after the Seahawks thumped the Chiefs 20-3 and improved to 4-3:

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Nobody knew how to hold down Kenneth Walker III’s yards quite like the Seahawks — when he was here and now that he’s not.

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Joking aside, that was a dominant performance by Seattle’s defense.

All week, the Seahawks gave Walker the appropriate amount of respect and adulation for what he accomplished while wearing a Seahawks uniform and what he had done through the first five games of this season with the Chiefs.

But it seemed like the Seahawks defense took it almost personal the idea that their former teammate would be the one to end their streak of consecutive games without allowing a 100-yard rusher.

Staying within the structure of their run-defense principles, the Seahawks swarmed. The cutback lanes Walker has used so well previously were gone.…