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NFL game flow: when games go over and when the cover is settled

When do games go over, and when is the cover settled?

Pick a season and week, then choose when the game went over to see those games. NFL games from the past four seasons with quarter scores and a closing line.

Seattle Seahawks ✕

When did they go over?

6 games · 2026 · Seattle Seahawks · pick one to list those games
Went overAll games6100%By halftime00%In Q3233%In Q4117%In OT00%Stayed under350%
Last 5 minutesCover changed hands117%Over cashed00%Leader lost the game00%
50% went over. Of the 3 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 67% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 25% of games.

All 6 games

2026 · Seattle Seahawks · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2026 · Week 6
 SEA -3 40.5 317172831 U DEN Q2 14–17
2026 · Week 5
 SEA -3 46.5 14344761 Q3 SF Q4 32–29
2026 · Week 4
 SEA -7 43.5 10264353 Q4 Push
Late cover flip
 23–30
2026 · Week 3
 SEA -8.5 40.5 7274164 Q3 WSH Q1 31–33
2026 · Week 2
 SEA -3.5 40.5 7142438 U SEA Q3 31–7
2026 · Week 1
 SEA -3 44.5 071323 U Push 10–13
Final score is away–home. Points by quarter are combined points at the end of each quarter; the highlighted one is when the over cashed.

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 17% 1
Q2 17% 1
Q3 17% 1
Q4 17% 1
OT 0% 0
Push 33% 2
The team leading at halftime won 80% and covered 60% of 5 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 67% and covered 50% of 6 games

Going into the 4th quarter

Points the game still needed after 3 quarters, and how often it got there
Points neededGamesWent over
Already over2100% 2
1–31100% 1
15–1710% 0
22+20% 0
Quarter scores from ESPN for the past four seasons; closing lines from the ESPN odds feed. Timing is to the quarter: an over that cashed with 10 seconds left in the 3rd counts as Q3. “Settled” means the team covering at the end of that quarter covered the closing spread at the end, with no change in between. Last 5 minutes (4th quarter, plus overtime) compares the score with 5:00 left, from ESPN scoring plays, with the final. History, not a prediction: none of this has shown an edge against the market.