Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 4:05 PM ESTWeek 14 · at Arizona Cardinals · Division game
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7-5 · Power #19
30
▲ winner
Final
@
6-6 · Power #17
18
final
Closing spread
ARI -3.5
✓ SEA W
Total
45.5
▲ Over · 48 pts
Model before kickoff
SEA 22–25 ARI
✗ ARI (62%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARI -2.5
CloseARI -3.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Arizona Cardinals
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ARI -2.5 · closed ARI -3.5 · moved 1 toward ARImodel ARI -2.5
Opened 46.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 downmodel 46.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 68%, covered 52% (117 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (43 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenARI -2.5
CloseARI -3.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like ARI as a 3.5-point home favorite against SEA, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: SEA won 30–18 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 48 points went over 45.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 44%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 5.2 against an average line of 2.9; 51.4 points a game (usually 44). Of the 4 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-4.527–28 L O43.5
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & rest
-3.523–22 L U45.5
Very close
2024 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.521–16 W U43.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & season form
-3.530–17 W U47.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & total
-3.538–44 L O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.517–37 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total
-1.529–9 W U44.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar situation & spread
-2.536–30 W O43.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.524–22 L U47.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form
-1.538–6 W U44.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Arizona Cardinals ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward Arizona Cardinals
1 pt (ARI -2.5 → ARI -3.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
SEA−0.6 →−0.3▲ 0.3#17
ARI−1.7 →+0.4▲ 2.1#15
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW13

SEA
Longer bar = better
ARI
#16
Offense
ARI better ▶
#11
#14
Defense
◀ SEA better
#21
−0.5 #26
Turnovers
ARI better ▶
−0.1 #17
62 plays #14
Pace
◀ SEA faster
59 plays #28
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SEA has the ball
Even matchup
SEA offARI defEdge
Points / game 22.7 #15 21.6 #11 Even
Yards / play 5.43 #14 5.41 #17 Even
EPA / play −0.04 #20 +0.04 #23 Even
Success rate 43% #16 48% #31 SEA
When ARI has the ball
Even matchup
ARI offSEA defEdge
Points / game 22.2 #17 22.1 #12 SEA
Yards / play 5.88 #7 5.36 #14 ARI
EPA / play +0.05 #10 −0.01 #13 Even
Success rate 47% #8 44% #18 ARI

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
SEA scoring against the ARI defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SEA scored
3.3
#24
7.1
#14
10.4
#18
5.0
#13
7.0
#14
12.0
#13
ARI allowed
3.9
#12
8.1
#24
12.0
#19
5.1
#17
4.5
#6
9.6
#8
ARI scoring against the SEA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ARI scored
5.5
#7
6.9
#16
12.4
#12
4.5
#17
5.3
#25
9.8
#23
SEA allowed
4.3
#17
6.7
#18
10.9
#14
5.1
#17
5.6
#12
10.7
#16

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ARI +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
SEA7d
ARI7d
Even
Tempo
Average 122 plays
slowavg 124fast