Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2022 · Week 16

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Geno Smith

10·24

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Patrick Mahomes

GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 12°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

KC -10.5

Total

50.5

Model margin

+4.4est.

KC perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge mapChiefs
  • +0.013EPA / play+0.179
  • 44.8%Success rate50.6%
  • +0.060EPA / dropback+0.273
  • -0.071EPA / rush-0.019
  • 9.2%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +5.46CPOE+3.02
  • 37.4%Third-down rate49.4%
  • 54.3%Red-zone TD rate71.2%
  • 2.05Points / drive2.71
  • 1.9%Turnover rate1.6%

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. KC are 8-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2018 · W16KC @ SEA3138SEA
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

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith25/4021511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kenneth Walker III261074.10
Geno Smith3165.30
DeeJay Dallas2105.00

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Patrick Mahomes16/2822420

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Isiah Pacheco14584.10
Patrick Mahomes284.01
Jerick McKinnon571.40
Ronald Jones144.00

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 +10.56.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

1.53%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.9%

Expected total

45.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.97
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+4.44