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 @ SEA3013GB
2021 · W10SEA @ GB017GB
2019 · playoffsSEA @ GB2328GB
2018 · W11GB @ SEA2427SEA
2017 · W1SEA @ GB917GB
2016 · W14SEA @ GB1038GB
2015 · W2SEA @ GB1727GB
2014 · playoffsGB @ SEA2228SEA

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