Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 14

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

24·14

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mark Sanchez

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 45°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

SEA -1.5

Total

48

Model margin

-0.9est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Eagles 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 mapEagles
  • +0.091EPA / play-0.005
  • 44.0%Success rate43.7%
  • +0.141EPA / dropback+0.063
  • +0.030EPA / rush-0.113
  • 11.7%Explosive rate9.9%
  • +4.40CPOE-0.76
  • 43.4%Third-down rate44.2%
  • 60.8%Red-zone TD rate57.8%
  • 2.06Points / drive1.88
  • 1.2%Turnover rate3.0%

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 10–3 since 1999

SEA have won 8 straight. Meetings average 37.8 points. PHI are 4-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W15PHI @ SEA1720SEA
2020 · W12SEA @ PHI2317SEA
2019 · playoffsSEA @ PHI179SEA
2019 · W12SEA @ PHI179SEA
2017 · W13PHI @ SEA1024SEA
2016 · W11PHI @ SEA1526SEA
2011 · W13PHI @ SEA1431SEA
2008 · W9PHI @ SEA267PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson22/3726320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marshawn Lynch23863.70
Russell Wilson10484.81
Christine Michael6325.30
Jermaine Kearse2157.50
Robert Turbin471.80

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Sanchez10/209621

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy17502.90
Mark Sanchez177.00
Darren Sproles400.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Zach Ertz23391
Jordan Matthews25230
Jeremy Maclin36211
Riley Cooper35130
Brent Celek0100

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 -1.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.2%2.8%4.3%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

46.6%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.41
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.92