Much of the pre-game coverage surrounding the Seattle Seahawks' showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs centered around Kenneth Walker III facing his old team. But the Seattle defense emerged as the real story of the game as they shut down Walker and the entire Chiefs offense en route to a dominant 20-3 Seahawks win.

Safety Nick Emmanwori, who had been questionable for the game with a hip injury, ended up playing and was instrumental to stopping Walker. He shared post-game that he was on a mission to keep Walker from getting his customary 100-yard game. As it turns out, most of the Seahawks defense was motivated to keeping Walker quiet, too.

“I definitely wanted to stop him under 100. A lot of the guys on the defense did, too,” Emmanwori said.

Walker wound up rushing for way less than 100 yards against his old teammates. Emmanwori and co. limited the leading rusher in the NFL to just 36 yards, by far his lowest rushing output of the season.

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Amid the Seahawks' early-season struggles, the run defense had remained one of their main strengths. They showcased that in a big way with their domination of the Chiefs. The combination of their stout defense and record-breaking wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba's incredible playmaking makes the Seahawks a dangerous team despite their 4-3 record.

But Emmanwori and the Seahawks D need to rise up to another formidable challenge in the form of the Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears, who visit on Monday night. Another convincing primetime win would be the clear sign for everyone to stop sleeping on the defending champion Seahawks.