Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 16

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Patrick Mahomes

31·38

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 43°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

KC -1

Total

54

Model margin

+1.5est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Chiefsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.236EPA / play+0.093
  • 50.0%Success rate44.2%
  • +0.349EPA / dropback+0.208
  • +0.018EPA / rush-0.027
  • 12.1%Explosive rate11.2%
  • +4.64CPOE+7.30
  • 47.8%Third-down rate38.7%
  • 75.5%Red-zone TD rate72.8%
  • 3.03Points / 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

KC lead 7–5 since 1999

Meetings average 48.6 points. SEA are 4-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W16SEA @ KC1024KC
2014 · W11SEA @ KC2024KC
2010 · W12KC @ SEA4224KC
2006 · W8SEA @ KC2835KC
2002 · W12KC @ SEA3239SEA
2001 · W17KC @ SEA1821SEA
2001 · W11SEA @ KC719KC
2000 · W9KC @ SEA2419KC

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Patrick Mahomes23/4027330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Damien Williams131037.90
Patrick Mahomes33311.00
Tyreek Hill2178.50
Charcandrick West111.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson18/2927130

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Carson271164.32
Russell Wilson8577.10
Mike Davis7314.40
J.D. McKissic166.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Doug Baldwin7121261
Tyler Lockett45990
Ed Dickson33191
Nick Vannett22111
Jaron Brown1190
David Moore1370
Mike Davis0100

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 -14.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.1%

Expected total

46.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.01
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.51