Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 4:25 PM ESTWeek 18 · at Los Angeles Rams · Division game
Closing spread
SEA -7.5
✓ LAR W
Total
38.5
▲ Over · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
SEA 25–18 LAR
✓ SEA (74%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLAR -2.5
CloseSEA -7.5
Total43.5 → 38.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenLAR -2.5
10 → SEA
CloseSEA -7.5
10 pts toward Seattle Seahawks
Total
Open43.5
▼ 5
Close38.5
Down 5 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened LAR -2.5 · closed SEA -7.5 · moved 10 toward SEAmodel SEA -2.5
model SEA -2.5
Opened 43.5 · closed 38.5 · moved 5 downmodel 42.5
model 42.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 5.5–9.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 43% (45 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLAR -2.5
CloseSEA -7.5
Total43.5 → 38.5
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 8 games most like
SEA as a 7.5-point road favorite at LAR, the favorite won 6, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.
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This game: SEA won 30–25; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 8 similar games. 55 points went over 38.5, as in 3 of 8.
Favorite won
6 of 875%
Normal range · usually 71%
Favorite covered
3 of 838%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
3 of 838%
Normal range · usually 53%
Only 8 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 5 against an average line of 6.9; 41.8 points a game (usually 46.3). When games like this go over ›
All 8 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 2022 · Week 13 · loose · similar situation |
-7 | 27–23 | L | O41 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 16 · loose · similar situation |
-7.5 | 19–16 | L | U42 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 18 · loose · similar situation & season form |
-7.5 | 29–13 | W | U42.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 18 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-7.5 | 6–26 | L | U41 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar season form |
-6.5 | 37–15 | W | O39.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 15 · loose · similar season form |
-7 | 31–30 | L | O44.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 18 · loose · similar situation |
-6.5 | 22–7 | W | U36.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 14 · loose |
-6 | 16–17 | L | U42 |
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
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.
Seattle Seahawks 1-4 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 69-56 (55%)
Market moved toward Seattle Seahawks
10 pts (LAR -2.5 → SEA -7.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved down 5
43.5 → 38.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 84 earlier overs in games with totals 35.5–41.5, 27% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | 3-7 30% | |
| 8-2 80% | 7-3 70% | 4-6 40% |
Recent meetings
Last 3 since 2023
SEA 28–24 LAR
SEA leads · 52 games since 2000 · SEA has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 2024 | Los Angeles Rams 26 @ Seattle Seahawks 20 | LAR -2 | LAR W |
| Nov 19 2023 | Seattle Seahawks 16 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 | LAR -2 | SEA W |
| Sep 10 2023 | Los Angeles Rams 30 @ Seattle Seahawks 13 | — | — |
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 →−0.2▲ 0.4#19
LAR+0.7 →0.0▼ 0.7#17
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW17
Longer bar = better
#18
Offense
Even#15
#13
Defense
◀ SEA better#22
−0.4 #26
Turnovers
LAR better ▶+0.4 #10
61 plays #20
Pace
Even61 plays #21
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| SEA off | LAR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.6 #19 | 22.3 #16 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.44 #14 | 5.64 #26 | SEA |
| EPA / play | −0.04 #21 | +0.03 #23 | Even |
| Success rate | 43% #16 | 45% #24 | SEA |
| LAR off | SEA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.4 #20 | 21.4 #11 | SEA |
| Yards / play | 5.36 #15 | 5.25 #12 | Even |
| EPA / play | +0.01 #15 | −0.01 #12 | Even |
| Success rate | 47% #10 | 44% #17 | LAR |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
SEA scoring against the LAR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.8 #19 | 7.0 #16 | 10.8 #19 | 4.3 #20 | 6.3 #18 | 10.6 #17 | |
5.3 #26 | 5.1 #4 | 10.4 #11 | 5.7 #25 | 5.8 #13 | 11.5 #17 |
LAR scoring against the SEA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.7 #31 | 6.6 #20 | 8.3 #28 | 5.6 #11 | 7.1 #11 | 12.7 #10 | |
4.9 #24 | 6.4 #13 | 11.3 #17 | 4.7 #12 | 5.1 #7 | 9.8 #10 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 1 mph
gusts 8 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SEA10d
LAR8d
SEA +2 days
Tempo
Average 122 plays
slowavg 124fast
Quarterback
LAR backup QB started
Model priced LAR with its QB out
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