Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2024 · Week 17

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Geno Smith

6·3

Bears

Chicago

QB Caleb Williams

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 47°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

SEA -3.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

-0.4est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Bears 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 mapBears
  • -0.013EPA / play-0.072
  • 44.4%Success rate40.1%
  • +0.044EPA / dropback-0.036
  • -0.126EPA / rush-0.142
  • 8.2%Explosive rate5.9%
  • +4.61CPOE-0.22
  • 37.5%Third-down rate33.1%
  • 66.6%Red-zone TD rate61.1%
  • 1.82Points / drive1.65
  • 1.8%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 8–6 since 1999

Meetings average 41.3 points. CHI are 8-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W16CHI @ SEA2524CHI
2018 · W2SEA @ CHI1724CHI
2015 · W3CHI @ SEA026SEA
2012 · W13SEA @ CHI2317SEA
2011 · W15SEA @ CHI3814SEA
2010 · playoffsSEA @ CHI2435CHI
2010 · W6SEA @ CHI2320SEA
2009 · W3CHI @ SEA2519CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith17/2316000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Zach Charbonnet15573.80
Kenny McIntosh7466.60
Geno Smith3196.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Noah Fant45430
DK Metcalf33420
Jaxon Smith-Njigba36320
Tyler Lockett34200
Zach Charbonnet33190
Pharaoh Brown1140

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Caleb Williams16/2812201

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift12534.40
Caleb Williams5377.40
DJ Moore284.00
Roschon Johnson451.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DJ Moore68540
D'Andre Swift45280
Keenan Allen58250
Rome Odunze14150
Gerald Everett0100

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 -3.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

7.39%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.1%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.08
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.37