Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Washington Commanders
Weather at kickoff60°F9 mphgusts 32DryWindy Over 46% of 93 games since 2023Weather watch ›
2-0 · Power #1
31
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Final
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0-2 · Power #26
33
▲ winner
Closing spread
SEA -8.5
✓ WSH W
Total
40.5
▲ Over · 64 pts
Model before kickoff
SEA 25–16 WSH
✗ SEA (79%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenSEA -3.5
CloseSEA -8.5
Total46.5 → 40.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5 pts toward Seattle Seahawks
Total
Down 6 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SEA -3.5 · closed SEA -8.5 · moved 5 toward SEAmodel SEA -11
Opened 46.5 · closed 40.5 · moved 6 downmodel 40.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 6.5–10.5 since 2023: won 75%, covered 40% (64 games)ⓘ
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 34% (47 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenSEA -3.5
CloseSEA -8.5
Total46.5 → 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 6 games most like SEA as an 8.5-point road favorite at WSH, the favorite won 4, covered 2, and 4 went over the total.

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This game: WSH won 33–31 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 6 similar games. 64 points went over 40.5, as in 4 of 6.
Favorite won
4 of 667%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
2 of 633%
Normal range · usually 42%
Went over
4 of 667%
Normal range · usually 61%

Only 6 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 4.8 against an average line of 8; 45.8 points a game (usually 47). Of the 4 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 6 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & season form
-7.525–29 L O39.5
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & season form
-9.531–24 L O45
Loose
2024 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest & season form
-7.512–7 L U42.5
Loose
2025 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest & spread
-7.544–22 W O48.5
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & season form
-79–24 L U45.5
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest
-931–17 W O42.5
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 4 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Seattle Seahawks ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Market moved toward Seattle Seahawks
5 pts (SEA -3.5 → SEA -8.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved down 6
46.5 → 40.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Seattle Seahawks on a cross-country trip
Seattle Seahawks cross 3 time zones (2,330 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
Small sample warning
Seattle Seahawks has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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+3.2 →+4.9▲ 1.7#1
WSH−1.6 →−1.9▼ 0.3#27
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

SEA
Longer bar = better
WSH
#13
Offense
Even
#15
#3
Defense
◀ SEA better
#26
+1.5 #4
Turnovers
◀ SEA better
−0.5 #22
58 plays #22
Pace
WSH faster ▶
67 plays #7
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SEA has the ball
Advantage: SEA offense
SEA offWSH defEdge
Points / game 22.0 #17 30.5 #27 SEA
Yards / play 5.79 #8 6.07 #26 SEA
EPA / play +0.11 #10 +0.15 #27 SEA
Success rate 44% #16 46% #22 SEA
When WSH has the ball
Advantage: SEA defense
WSH offSEA defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #18 8.5 #2 SEA
Yards / play 5.10 #21 3.75 #1 SEA
EPA / play +0.06 #11 −0.20 #4 SEA
Success rate 47% #9 38% #4 SEA

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 2 teams
SEA scoring against the WSH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SEA scored
3.5
0.0
3.5
6.5
12.0
18.5
WSH allowed
5.0
10.5
15.5
6.5
8.5
15.0
WSH scoring against the SEA defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WSH scored
1.5
8.0
9.5
1.5
10.0
11.5
SEA allowed
0.0
7.0
7.0
1.5
0.0
1.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
WSH +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 9 mph
gusts 32 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SEA7d
WSH7d
Even
Tempo
Average 125 plays
slowavg 122fast
Travel
SEA 2,330 mi
3 time zones
Quarterback
WSH QB listed out or doubtful
Model priced WSH with its QB out