On Sunday night, the Seahawks needed to make a statement.

Mission accomplished.

The Chiefs entered Lumen Field unbeaten and left battered, losing 20–3 to a Seattle team hellbent on getting back into a suddenly intriguing NFC West race. With the win, the Seahawks broke a two-game skid and are now 4–3, two games back of the 49ers, who lost Sunday for the first time this season, 29–20, to the Falcons.

The Seattle team we saw Sunday night was reminiscent of the dominant, suffocating team that raised the Lombardi Trophy in Santa Clara last February. The run game was solid, but the defense was excellent against Patrick Mahomes, the team’s signature player who did little, throwing an interception while going 19-of-33 for 165 yards. Then there was Kenneth Walker III, the NFL’s leading rusher and the Seahawks’ Super Bowl LX MVP.…