Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 1

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

16·36

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 71°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

SEA -4.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+3.4est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.142EPA / play+0.091
  • 47.1%Success rate44.0%
  • +0.317EPA / dropback+0.141
  • -0.133EPA / rush+0.030
  • 11.3%Explosive rate11.7%
  • +2.68CPOE+4.40
  • 47.1%Third-down rate43.4%
  • 63.9%Red-zone TD rate60.8%
  • 2.59Points / drive2.06
  • 1.2%Turnover rate1.2%

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. SEA are 4-12-2 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

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers23/3318911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Starks7375.30
Eddie Lacy12342.80
DuJuan Harris177.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jordy Nelson914830
Randall Cobb69581
Andrew Quarless34260
James Starks23110
Eddie Lacy33110

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson19/2819120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marshawn Lynch201105.52
Percy Harvin44110.30
Russell Wilson7294.10
Robert Turbin6274.50

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 +4.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.96%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.2%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.93
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.42