Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 8:15 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Denver Broncos
Closing spread
SEA -3
✓ DEN W
Total
40.5
▼ Under · 31 pts
Model before kickoff
SEA 22–19 DEN
✗ SEA (60%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenSEA -2.5
CloseSEA -3
Total43.5 → 40.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Game recap · 1:33
Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos: game recap
Made automatically (Oct 19, 12:27 PM ET). The “Model before kickoff” score on this card was updated after the video was made, so the video quotes an older one.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenSEA -2.5
0.5 → SEA
CloseSEA -3
0.5 pts toward Seattle Seahawks
Total
Open43.5
▼ 3
Close40.5
Down 3 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SEA -2.5 · closed SEA -3 · moved 0.5 toward SEAmodel SEA -1.5
model SEA -1.5
Opened 43.5 · closed 40.5 · moved 3 downmodel 40.5 matches the line
model 40.5 = line ✓
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2–4 since 2023: won 65%, covered 54% (148 games)ⓘ
Moved onto 3The team the line moved toward covered 47% (21 games since 2025)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenSEA -2.5
CloseSEA -3
Total43.5 → 40.5
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
SEA as a 3-point road favorite at DEN, the favorite won 6, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: DEN won 17–14 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 31 points stayed under 40.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 62%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 1.7 against an average line of 3; 43.1 points a game (usually 44.8). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Postseason · very close · similar total & spread |
-2.5 | 12–32 | L | O41.5 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 11 · very close · similar season form & spread |
-2.5 | 6–35 | L | U42.5 |
| Very close |
2026 · Week 5 · very close · similar total & spread |
-2.5 | 23–13 | W | U41.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & total |
-3.5 | 28–3 | W | U42.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Postseason · close · similar spread & season form |
-3 | 30–6 | W | U38.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 18 · close · similar total & season form |
-4.5 | 24–26 | L | O41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & season form |
-2.5 | 30–27 | W | O39.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 16 · close · similar spread & situation |
-2.5 | 16–13 | W | U41.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & situation |
-3.5 | 31–25 | W | O43.5 |
| Close |
2026 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 24–27 | L | O38.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Under trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Total moved down 3
43.5 → 40.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Small sample warning
Seattle Seahawks have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 24 in the 4th quarter and got 14. 51% of games with totals 37.5–43.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 6-2-2 75% | 5-5 50% | |
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 3-7 30% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
SEA 7–8 DEN
DEN leads · 15 games since 1999 · DEN has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 2024 | Denver Broncos 20 @ Seattle Seahawks 26 | SEA -6.5 | DEN W |
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+3.2 →+4.2▲ 1.0#1
DEN+1.2 →+0.5▼ 0.7#15
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5
Longer bar = better
#17
Offense
◀ SEA better#26
#3
Defense
◀ SEA better#11
+0.4 #16
Turnovers
Even+0.2 #17
59 plays #22
Pace
◀ SEA faster57 plays #29
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| SEA off | DEN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 26.8 #8 | 22.2 #13 | SEA |
| Yards / play | 5.52 #13 | 5.23 #13 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.07 #25 | −0.03 #14 | DEN |
| Success rate | 41% #22 | 41% #5 | DEN |
| DEN off | SEA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 19.4 #26 | 21.0 #8 | SEA |
| Yards / play | 4.69 #26 | 4.15 #1 | SEA |
| EPA / play | −0.07 #24 | −0.13 #2 | SEA |
| Success rate | 40% #26 | 38% #2 | SEA |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
SEA scoring against the DEN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.2 #19 | 5.8 #20 | 10.0 #21 | 8.6 #3 | 8.2 #10 | 16.8 #4 | |
2.8 #9 | 6.4 #13 | 9.2 #6 | 6.8 #25 | 6.2 #11 | 13.0 #21 |
DEN scoring against the SEA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.4 #23 | 1.2 #31 | 4.6 #31 | 4.4 #19 | 10.4 #2 | 14.8 #6 | |
3.4 #10 | 8.2 #23 | 11.6 #20 | 3.4 #5 | 6.0 #9 | 9.4 #7 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
53° · 9 mph
gusts 15 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SEA4d short
DEN4d short
Even
Tempo
Slow 117 plays
slowavg 124fast
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