2016 · Week 10

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

31·24

Patriots

New England

QB Tom Brady

Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 43°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

NE -7.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+4.3est.

NE perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

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

Seahawks

Patriots

Win probability

  • Patriots
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Patriots 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 mapPatriots
  • +0.022EPA / play+0.128
  • 44.0%Success rate44.3%
  • +0.102EPA / dropback+0.276
  • -0.126EPA / rush-0.077
  • 8.7%Explosive rate8.6%
  • +4.81CPOE+2.98
  • 38.7%Third-down rate47.3%
  • 41.8%Red-zone TD rate64.5%
  • 1.88Points / drive2.47
  • 1.7%Turnover rate0.7%

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 6–3 since 1999

SEA have won 5 straight. Meetings average 46.9 points. NE are 3-5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1NE @ SEA10–13SEA
2025 · playoffsSEA @ NE29–13SEA
2024 · W2SEA @ NE23–20SEA
2020 · W2NE @ SEA30–35SEA
2014 · playoffsNE @ SEA28–24NE
2012 · W6NE @ SEA23–24SEA
2008 · W14NE @ SEA24–21NE
2004 · W6SEA @ NE20–30NE

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–NE
NEQ1 15:001066Touchdown0–7
SEAQ1 10:19752Field goal3–7
NEQ1 7:1033Punt3–7
SEAQ1 5:461046Field goal6–7
NEQ1 1:3333Punt6–7
SEAQ1 0:021070Touchdown12–7
NEQ2 10:52410Turnover12–7
SEAQ2 9:0465Punt12–7
NEQ2 6:041265Touchdown12–14
SEAQ2 1:05775Touchdown19–14
NEQ2 0:0600End of half19–14
SEAQ3 15:0037Punt19–14
NEQ3 13:261176Touchdown19–21
SEAQ3 7:52955Field goal22–21
NEQ3 2:521078Field goal22–24
SEAQ4 13:00762Field goal25–24
NEQ4 8:5625Turnover25–24
SEAQ4 8:29848Touchdown31–24
NEQ4 4:241179Turnover on downs31–24
SEAQ4 0:1120End of half31–24

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson25/3734830

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
C.J. Prosise17663.90
Christine Michael5224.40
Russell Wilson362.00
Alex Collins122.00

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady23/3231601

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeGarrette Blount21693.33
Tom Brady571.40
James White252.50

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 +7.53.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Patriots; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.17%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.5%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.89
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.64
  • Expected margin+4.27