2021 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Matthew Stafford

26·17

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

Lumen Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 56°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

LA -2.5

Total

53.5

Model margin

+1.9est.

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
  • +0.082EPA / play+0.042
  • 46.6%Success rate43.8%
  • +0.183EPA / dropback+0.053
  • -0.089EPA / rush+0.026
  • 10.3%Explosive rate10.1%
  • -0.40CPOE+4.08
  • 42.6%Third-down rate37.3%
  • 63.0%Red-zone TD rate69.7%
  • 2.32Points / drive2.12
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.3%

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
Matthew Stafford25/3736511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Darrell Henderson17824.81
Sony Michel11373.41
Matthew Stafford1-1-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Robert Woods12141500
Cooper Kupp710920
DeSean Jackson13680
Darrell Henderson11170
Van Jefferson14160
Tyler Higbee22141
Sony Michel1180

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson11/1615211
Geno Smith10/1713111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alex Collins15473.10
Geno Smith3237.70
Russell Wilson2105.00
DeeJay Dallas471.80
Travis Homer155.00

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 -2.54.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.06%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.1%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.16
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.86