2022 · Week 3

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Marcus Mariota

27·23

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Geno Smith

Lumen Field · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

SEA -1

Total

43

Model margin

+2.1est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Falcons

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsFalcons wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Falconsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.002EPA / play+0.013
  • 45.4%Success rate44.8%
  • -0.001EPA / dropback+0.060
  • +0.004EPA / rush-0.071
  • 9.6%Explosive rate9.2%
  • -0.74CPOE+5.46
  • 41.9%Third-down rate37.4%
  • 60.2%Red-zone TD rate54.3%
  • 1.97Points / drive2.05
  • 1.8%Turnover rate1.9%

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 10–7 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 53.4 points. SEA are 9-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14SEA @ ATL379SEA
2024 · W7SEA @ ATL3414SEA
2020 · W1SEA @ ATL3825SEA
2019 · W8SEA @ ATL2720SEA
2017 · W11ATL @ SEA3431ATL
2016 · playoffsSEA @ ATL2036ATL
2016 · W6ATL @ SEA2426SEA
2013 · W10SEA @ ATL3310SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota13/2022911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Cordarrelle Patterson171418.31
Tyler Allgeier6254.20
Avery Williams199.00
Marcus Mariota740.61

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith32/4432521

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rashaad Penny14664.70
DeeJay Dallas3217.00
Kenneth Walker III3196.30
Travis Homer177.00
Geno Smith2-1-0.50

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 +14.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

2.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.7%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.39
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.10