2010 · Week 16

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

15·38

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Josh Freeman

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass · 49°F · wind 16mph

Closing spread

TB -5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+5.6est.

TB perspective

Push chance

2.0%est.

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Seahawks

Buccaneers

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers 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 mapBuccaneers
  • -0.117EPA / play+0.046
  • 38.3%Success rate42.0%
  • -0.072EPA / dropback+0.164
  • -0.194EPA / rush-0.133
  • 7.9%Explosive rate10.0%
  • -1.80CPOE+2.31
  • 37.0%Third-down rate42.5%
  • 48.0%Red-zone TD rate64.2%
  • 1.36Points / drive1.88
  • 3.0%Turnover rate1.5%

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

TB lead 7–5 since 1999

TB have won 2 straight. Meetings average 38.3 points. TB are 7-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W5TB @ SEA38–35TB
2022 · W10SEA @ TB16–21TB
2019 · W9TB @ SEA34–40SEA
2016 · W12SEA @ TB5–14TB
2013 · W9TB @ SEA24–27SEA
2009 · W15TB @ SEA24–7TB
2008 · W7SEA @ TB10–20TB
2007 · W1TB @ SEA6–20SEA

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–TB
TBQ1 15:00413Punt0–0
SEAQ1 12:4230Punt0–0
TBQ1 11:0947Punt0–0
SEAQ1 8:431162Touchdown7–0
TBQ1 2:503-11Field goal7–3
SEAQ1 0:2536Punt7–3
TBQ2 14:50652Touchdown7–10
SEAQ2 12:2332Punt7–10
TBQ2 10:31959Touchdown7–17
SEAQ2 6:17621Punt7–17
TBQ2 2:39867Missed field goal7–17
SEAQ2 0:0300End of half7–17
SEAQ3 15:0032Punt7–17
TBQ3 13:281098Touchdown7–24
SEAQ3 6:3867Punt7–24
TBQ3 3:12356Touchdown7–31
SEAQ3 1:281154Touchdown15–31
TBQ4 10:14472Touchdown15–38
SEAQ4 7:56416Punt15–38
TBQ4 6:02626Punt15–38
SEAQ4 1:5235End of half15–38

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Charlie Whitehurst11/186600
Matt Hasselbeck3/42400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marshawn Lynch14533.80
Leon Washington11616.01
Justin Forsett8121.50
Charlie Whitehurst351.70
Matt Hasselbeck111.01

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh Freeman21/2623750
Josh Johnson2/21500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeGarrette Blount181649.10
Josh Freeman4235.80
Cadillac Williams4215.30

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 +53.4%6.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

1.97%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.9%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.12
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.61