Prior to the start of the season, many experts and analysts saw the NFC West as a two horse race between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers. While the division has turned out to be a two horse race, the defending champion Rams are not a part of it, as the Seattle Seahawks have shocked the league and find themselves just a game back of the NFC West lead.
When the Seahawks traded away quarterback Russell Wilson, it seemed they had begun the first steps of a roster rebuild.