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After Brett Favre retired (for the first time), the Packers drafted a pair of quarterbacks, a move that likely was influenced at least in part by a desire to ensure that, if Favre came back, they wouldn’t have a spot for him. This year, after running back Marshawn Lynch retired, the Seahawks drafted three tailbacks, to go with the two they already have.

Which means that they don’t have a spot for Lynch — if he were even inclined to come back (and he presumably isn’t).

Meanwhile, the Seahawks have to figure out a depth chart that consists of Thomas Rawls (pictured), Christine Michael, C.J. Prosise, Alex Collins, and Zac Brooks. On Wednesday, quarterback Russell Wilson was asked to assess the competition.

“Who knows?” Wilson told reporters. “You have to put the pads on. This game is a physical game so you have to see once guys have the pads on. I will say all the running backs that we drafted, that we brought in, look really really talented. The detail that they are playing with is great. C-Mike looks really good coming out of the back, he is catching the ball really well, he has really worked on that. He is coming out there early every day. Mid-practice too he catches with me. He is really putting his head down and going to work and that is a great thing for us. He has got tons of talent, watching him run the ball, you guys saw him last year against Arizona; spinning, cutting, making plays, making huge runs for us getting downhill.

“Obviously Thomas Rawls hopefully coming back. He was playing as good as it gets in the National Football League last year when he was playing. C.J. Prosise, a guy that runs a, I think a 4.41, can catch the ball out of the backfield, can play wide receiver if he needs to, runs the ball extremely hard, makes quick decisions. AC, Alex Collins, he runs the ball physical. He had a move last week man, I don’t think I have ever seen anyone do, so. . . . He makes certain plays, he runs the ball a lot of Arkansas so that is a good thing. He knows what he is doing, he knows what he is running. That is an exciting group, it will be fun to see, especially come preseason you really get to see what guys are capable of and obviously training camp, but when the lights come on things matter the most, that is just the truth of it all. It will be fun to see those guys run the football.”

Brooks didn’t get a mention from Wilson, which could be bad news given that it’s unlikely the Seahawks will keep five tailbacks on the 53-man roster. Regardless, the competition likely will be intense once training camp arrives, and the end result could be a running attack that is as potent without Marshawn Lynch as it was with him.