2000 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Jon Kitna

17·24

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Elvis Grbac

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 74°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

KC -4

Total

38.5

Model margin

+4.9est.

KC perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Seahawksedge mapChiefs
  • -0.051EPA / play+0.025
  • 40.0%Success rate41.2%
  • -0.026EPA / dropback+0.123
  • -0.089EPA / rush-0.159
  • 6.6%Explosive rate9.4%
  • 40.9%Third-down rate36.7%
  • 52.9%Red-zone TD rate52.2%
  • 1.33Points / drive1.42
  • 3.4%Turnover rate2.5%
  • +0.074EPA / play allowed+0.025

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

KC lead 7–5 since 1999

Meetings average 48.6 points. KC are 8-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W16SEA @ KC1024KC
2018 · W16KC @ SEA3138SEA
2014 · W11SEA @ KC2024KC
2010 · W12KC @ SEA4224KC
2006 · W8SEA @ KC2835KC
2002 · W12KC @ SEA3239SEA
2001 · W17KC @ SEA1821SEA
2001 · W11SEA @ KC719KC

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jon Kitna17/2814011

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ricky Watters16976.10
Shaun Alexander11746.71
Jon Kitna7152.10

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Elvis Grbac16/2725620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kimble Anders7456.40
Mike Cloud6366.01
Elvis Grbac221.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +43.5%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%3.0%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.1%

Expected total

46.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.35
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.91