Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2024 · Week 18 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Geno Smith

30·25

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Jimmy Garoppolo

SoFi Stadium · dome · matrixturf

Closing spread

SEA -7.5

Total

38.5

Model margin

+0.8est.

LA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Rams 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 mapRams
  • -0.013EPA / play+0.038
  • 44.4%Success rate47.5%
  • +0.044EPA / dropback+0.112
  • -0.126EPA / rush-0.069
  • 8.2%Explosive rate7.9%
  • +4.61CPOE-0.97
  • 37.5%Third-down rate37.0%
  • 66.6%Red-zone TD rate49.9%
  • 1.82Points / drive2.09
  • 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 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. LA are 28-24 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA2731SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA3738SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA1921RAMS
2024 · W9LA @ SEA2620RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA1617RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA3013RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA1619SEA
2022 · W13SEA @ LA2723SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith20/2722340

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Zach Charbonnet14594.20
Kenny McIntosh7497.00
Geno Smith2147.00
Jaxon Smith-Njigba144.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Noah Fant56631
DK Metcalf35531
AJ Barner55341
Tyler Lockett24280
Jaxon Smith-Njigba4590
Jake Bobo1141
Kenny McIntosh0100

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jimmy Garoppolo27/4133421

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ronnie Rivers12484.00
Jordan Whittington2126.00
Blake Corum2105.00
Xavier Smith263.00
Jimmy Garoppolo252.50
Cody Schrader133.00

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 -7.54.3%2.8%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

4.28%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.2%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.02
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.76
  • Rest differential-0.16
  • Expected margin+0.81