2008 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

13·37

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 59°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

SEA -8

Total

44.5

Model margin

-1.9est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

1.8%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

The rivalry

SEA lead 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. SEA are 24-28 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA2731SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA3738SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA1921RAMS
2024 · W18SEA @ LA3025SEA
2024 · W9LA @ SEA2620RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA1617RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA3013RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA1619SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck12/2017210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Julius Jones221406.41
T.J. Duckett19794.22
Matt Hasselbeck2199.50

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 +84.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.7%4.1%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

1.76%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.0%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.91
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.45
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.88

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.