Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2017 · Week 17 · Division

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Jimmy Garoppolo

34·13

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Sean Mannion

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

SF -6.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

-10.8est.

LA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Rams wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapRams
  • -0.041EPA / play+0.054
  • 41.2%Success rate43.3%
  • -0.001EPA / dropback+0.131
  • -0.110EPA / rush-0.050
  • 9.2%Explosive rate11.4%
  • -3.27CPOE-1.32
  • 39.5%Third-down rate41.3%
  • 45.0%Red-zone TD rate56.1%
  • 1.75Points / drive2.27
  • 2.0%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

SF lead 31–24–1 since 1999

Meetings average 43.4 points. LA are 23-31-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1SF @ LA277SF
2025 · W10LA @ SF4226RAMS
2025 · W5SF @ LA2623SF
2024 · W15LA @ SF126RAMS
2024 · W3SF @ LA2427RAMS
2023 · W18LA @ SF2120RAMS
2023 · W2SF @ LA3023SF
2022 · W8SF @ LA3114SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jimmy Garoppolo20/3329222

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Carlos Hyde15885.92
Matt Breida12726.00
Marquise Goodwin11010.00
Jimmy Garoppolo2-1-0.50

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sean Mannion20/3416900

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Malcolm Brown14543.90
Tavon Austin4246.00
Lance Dunbar6203.31
Sean Mannion242.00

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 -6.52.7%3.0%3.6%3.5%4.8%3.0%2.3%6.5%4.7%2.3%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

3.04%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

22.5%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.26
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-12.78
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-10.77