2008 · Week 16

Final

Jets

New York

QB Brett Favre

3·13

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Seneca Wallace

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 31°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

NYJ -3.5

Total

41

Model margin

+1.3est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsJets wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jetsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.038EPA / play-0.057
  • 47.0%Success rate37.8%
  • +0.031EPA / dropback-0.022
  • +0.048EPA / rush-0.103
  • 9.0%Explosive rate7.7%
  • +3.75CPOE-5.09
  • 40.6%Third-down rate31.4%
  • 55.9%Red-zone TD rate54.9%
  • 1.85Points / drive1.56
  • 3.0%Turnover rate2.5%

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

SEA lead 6–2 since 1999

SEA have won 6 straight. Meetings average 36.6 points. SEA are 6-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W13SEA @ NYJ26–21SEA
2022 · W17NYJ @ SEA6–23SEA
2020 · W14NYJ @ SEA3–40SEA
2016 · W4SEA @ NYJ27–17SEA
2012 · W10NYJ @ SEA7–28SEA
2004 · W15SEA @ NYJ14–37NYJ
1999 · W17SEA @ NYJ9–19NYJ

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYJ–SEA
NYJQ1 15:001278Field goal3–0
SEAQ1 8:07517Punt3–0
NYJQ1 6:141047Punt3–0
SEAQ1 0:41640Punt3–0
NYJQ2 13:05520Punt3–0
SEAQ2 10:57320Turnover3–0
NYJQ2 10:2233Turnover3–0
SEAQ2 9:27750Turnover3–0
NYJQ2 6:14513Punt3–0
SEAQ2 3:20725Touchdown3–7
NYJQ2 0:311-7End of half3–7
SEAQ3 15:00519Punt3–7
NYJQ3 12:15623Punt3–7
SEAQ3 9:401279Field goal3–10
NYJQ3 2:421049Punt3–10
SEAQ4 13:15620Punt3–10
NYJQ4 9:5161Punt3–10
SEAQ4 6:48428Punt3–10
NYJQ4 3:0648Turnover on downs3–10
SEAQ4 2:1230Field goal3–13
NYJQ4 1:47230Turnover3–13
SEAQ4 1:1600End of half3–13

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre18/3118702

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Jones17673.90
Leon Washington3144.70

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Seneca Wallace18/2517510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Maurice Morris291164.00
T.J. Duckett122.00
Seneca Wallace3-3-1.00

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 -3.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

7.19%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

Expected total

44.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.22
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.27