2020 · Week 14

Final

Jets

New York

QB Sam Darnold

3·40

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

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

Closing spread

SEA -16.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+4.6est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsJets wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jetsedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.116EPA / play+0.105
  • 40.9%Success rate48.8%
  • -0.098EPA / dropback+0.164
  • -0.146EPA / rush-0.013
  • 7.4%Explosive rate8.6%
  • -2.07CPOE+6.78
  • 34.4%Third-down rate39.6%
  • 41.2%Red-zone TD rate72.6%
  • 1.24Points / drive2.52
  • 1.9%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 6–2 since 1999

SEA have won 6 straight. Meetings average 36.6 points. SEA are 6-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W13SEA @ NYJ2621SEA
2022 · W17NYJ @ SEA623SEA
2016 · W4SEA @ NYJ2717SEA
2012 · W10NYJ @ SEA728SEA
2008 · W16NYJ @ SEA313SEA
2004 · W15SEA @ NYJ1437NYJ
1999 · W17SEA @ NYJ919NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Darnold14/2613200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Adams6274.50
Frank Gore8232.90
Ty Johnson8162.00
Sam Darnold133.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson21/2720641
Geno Smith4/53300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Carson12766.31
Carlos Hyde15664.40
Penny Hart11919.00
David Moore199.00
DeeJay Dallas471.80
Russell Wilson1-1-1.00
Geno Smith2-2-1.00

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 +16.57.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%3.0%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.27%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.4%

Expected total

41.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.93
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.63