2005 · Week 17

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Seneca Wallace

17·23

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 34°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

GB -3

Total

40.5

Model margin

+3.5est.

GB perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Packers 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 mapPackers
  • +0.156EPA / play-0.059
  • 49.3%Success rate42.0%
  • +0.205EPA / dropback-0.003
  • +0.100EPA / rush-0.158
  • 11.2%Explosive rate6.6%
  • 40.1%Third-down rate41.1%
  • 78.4%Red-zone TD rate51.1%
  • 2.39Points / drive1.29
  • 1.4%Turnover rate3.8%
  • -0.046EPA / play allowed-0.052

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

GB lead 12–6 since 1999

GB have won 3 straight. Meetings average 45.1 points. GB are 12-4-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W15GB @ SEA30–13GB
2021 · W10SEA @ GB0–17GB
2019 · playoffsSEA @ GB23–28GB
2018 · W11GB @ SEA24–27SEA
2017 · W1SEA @ GB9–17GB
2016 · W14SEA @ GB10–38GB
2015 · W2SEA @ GB17–27GB
2014 · playoffsGB @ SEA22–28SEA

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSEA–GB
GBQ1 15:001362Field goal0–3
SEAQ1 8:4439Punt0–3
GBQ1 7:07864Field goal0–6
SEAQ1 3:051069Touchdown7–6
GBQ2 13:0000Turnover on downs7–6
SEAQ2 12:544-5Turnover on downs7–6
GBQ2 11:12935Touchdown7–13
SEAQ2 8:22516Punt7–13
GBQ2 5:12616Punt7–13
SEAQ2 2:07854Turnover7–13
GBQ2 0:1600End of half7–13
SEAQ3 15:00856Touchdown14–13
GBQ3 10:32620Punt14–13
SEAQ3 7:0610Turnover14–13
GBQ3 7:0099Touchdown14–20
SEAQ3 3:4165Punt14–20
GBQ3 1:44255Turnover14–20
SEAQ3 0:453-6Punt14–20
GBQ4 14:51824Field goal14–23
SEAQ4 10:56431Punt14–23
GBQ4 9:25510Turnover14–23
SEAQ4 6:333-8Punt14–23
GBQ4 5:18619Punt14–23
SEAQ4 2:49524Field goal17–23
GBQ4 1:3832End of half17–23

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Seneca Wallace9/179811
Matt Hasselbeck6/87600

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander20733.61
Maurice Morris9252.80
Seneca Wallace100.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre21/3725911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Noah Herron23612.71
Tony Fisher7162.30
Brett Favre1-1-1.00
Aaron Rodgers1-1-1.00
Antonio Chatman1-7-7.00

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 +33.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.4%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.47
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.49
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+3.50