Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2022 · Week 15 · Division

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Brock Purdy

21·13

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Geno Smith

Lumen Field · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

SF -3

Total

43

Model margin

-2.3est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.084EPA / play+0.013
  • 46.1%Success rate44.8%
  • +0.171EPA / dropback+0.060
  • -0.021EPA / rush-0.071
  • 10.7%Explosive rate9.2%
  • -1.99CPOE+5.46
  • 45.1%Third-down rate37.4%
  • 60.5%Red-zone TD rate54.3%
  • 2.20Points / drive2.05
  • 1.6%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 31–20 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.2 points. SEA are 29-21-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsSF @ SEA641SEA
2025 · W18SEA @ SF133SEA
2025 · W1SF @ SEA1713SF
2024 · W11SEA @ SF2017SEA
2024 · W6SF @ SEA3624SF
2023 · W14SEA @ SF1628SF
2023 · W12SF @ SEA3113SF
2022 · playoffsSEA @ SF2341SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brock Purdy17/2621720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey261084.21
Jordan Mason46416.00
Brock Purdy4-2-0.50

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith31/4423810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kenneth Walker III12473.90
Geno Smith11818.00
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 -33.0%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.0%2.7%4.0%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

7.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

43.0%

Expected total

44.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.76
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.23
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.28