Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2016 · Week 15 · Division

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Jared Goff

3·24

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 36°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

SEA -15

Total

39.5

Model margin

+11.3est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

1.5%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ramsedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.203EPA / play+0.022
  • 36.6%Success rate44.0%
  • -0.222EPA / dropback+0.102
  • -0.170EPA / rush-0.126
  • 6.8%Explosive rate8.7%
  • -6.92CPOE+4.81
  • 32.2%Third-down rate38.7%
  • 47.6%Red-zone TD rate41.8%
  • 0.97Points / drive1.88
  • 2.8%Turnover rate1.7%

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 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. SEA are 24-28 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA2731SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA3738SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA1921RAMS
2024 · W18SEA @ LA3025SEA
2024 · W9LA @ SEA2620RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA1617RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA3013RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA1619SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff13/2513500
Case Keenum5/93200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Todd Gurley14382.70
Tavon Austin2136.50
Malcolm Brown1-4-4.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson19/2622931

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Rawls21341.60
Russell Wilson6122.00
Jimmy Graham100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Tyler Lockett781301
Doug Baldwin56351
Jimmy Graham12310
Luke Willson33191
Thomas Rawls2250
Jermaine Kearse0200

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 +156.4%2.3%3.0%4.8%3.5%3.6%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

1.54%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

77.1%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+5.50
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.02
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+11.25