2018 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Jared Goff

33·31

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 53°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

LA -7.5

Total

50.5

Model margin

+1.6est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • +0.149EPA / play+0.093
  • 50.8%Success rate44.2%
  • +0.203EPA / dropback+0.208
  • +0.065EPA / rush-0.027
  • 12.1%Explosive rate11.2%
  • +1.24CPOE+7.30
  • 45.0%Third-down rate38.7%
  • 57.8%Red-zone TD rate72.8%
  • 2.63Points / drive2.23
  • 1.7%Turnover rate1.1%

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 Goff23/3232112

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Todd Gurley22773.53
Robert Woods25326.50
Jared Goff5153.00
Josh Reynolds11010.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Robert Woods57920
Cooper Kupp69901
Josh Reynolds23390
Todd Gurley45360
Tyler Higbee24260
Gerald Everett33240
KhaDarel Hodge11140

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson13/2119830

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Carson191166.10
Mike Davis12685.71
Tyler Lockett166.00

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 -7.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

4.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.5%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.15
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.65