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 @ NYJ2621SEA
2022 · W17NYJ @ SEA623SEA
2020 · W14NYJ @ SEA340SEA
2016 · W4SEA @ NYJ2717SEA
2012 · W10NYJ @ SEA728SEA
2004 · W15SEA @ NYJ1437NYJ
1999 · W17SEA @ NYJ919NYJ

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