2026 · Week 8

Scheduled

Bears

Chicago

@

Seahawks

Seattle

Lumen Field · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

Total

Model margin

-1.6est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Bearsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.361EPA / play+0.029
  • 53.3%Success rate38.8%
  • +0.551EPA / dropback+0.196
  • +0.143EPA / rush-0.195
  • 12.0%Explosive rate10.2%
  • +16.58CPOE+2.36
  • 71.4%Third-down rate18.2%
  • 100.0%Red-zone TD rate33.3%
  • 4.19Points / drive1.29
  • 1.3%Turnover rate0.0%

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. SEA are 6-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W17SEA @ CHI63SEA
2021 · W16CHI @ SEA2524CHI
2018 · W2SEA @ CHI1724CHI
2015 · W3CHI @ SEA026SEA
2012 · W13SEA @ CHI2317SEA
2011 · W15SEA @ CHI3814SEA
2010 · playoffsSEA @ CHI2435CHI
2010 · W6SEA @ CHI2320SEA

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.54
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin-1.56