Putting Up Numbers· NFL

The Seahawks' carries vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, the Seahawks were 4.9 carries over vs a division opponent and 1.8 carries under vs a team outside the division over their last 35 games, 14 games against 21. The plain averages are 31.5 and 25.1, a difference of 6.4.

The Seahawks' +6.7 vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division over expected ranks 1st of the 32 teams with 4 games on each side over their last 35 games through Oct 4, 2026.

carries a game over expected

A +6.7 difference in carries over expected vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division is rare: shuffle which games were vs a division opponent and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +6.4 difference in carries vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division is rare: shuffle which games were vs a division opponent and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

vs a division opponentvs a team outside the division
Seattle Seahawks’ games, last 35 games, each marked vs a division opponent or vs a team outside the division
SideDateGameResultcarriesExpected
Oct 20, 2024@ATLW2623.3
Oct 27, 2024vsBUFL1723.7
Nov 3, 2024vsLAL3323.5
Nov 17, 2024@SFW2325.1
Nov 24, 2024vsARIW2524.1
Dec 1, 2024@NYJW2326.2
Dec 8, 2024@ARIW3123.6
Dec 15, 2024vsGBL1622.6
Dec 22, 2024vsMINL1521.1
Dec 26, 2024@CHIW2524.3
Jan 5, 2025@LAW2424.3
Sep 7, 2025vsSFL2628.2
Sep 14, 2025@PITW2928.4
Sep 21, 2025vsNOW3330.1
Sep 25, 2025@ARIW3528.8
Oct 5, 2025vsTBL2027.1
Oct 12, 2025@JAXW2626.1
Oct 20, 2025vsHOUW3327.0
Nov 2, 2025@WASW2430.3
Nov 9, 2025vsARIW4628.6
Nov 16, 2025@LAL3527.4
Nov 23, 2025@TENW2028.8
Nov 30, 2025vsMINW3231.0
Dec 7, 2025@ATLW2628.7
Dec 14, 2025vsINDW2229.3
Dec 18, 2025vsLAW2528.3
Dec 28, 2025@CARW3628.3
Jan 3, 2026@SFW3927.1
Jan 17, 2026vsSFW3327.9
Jan 25, 2026vsLAW2628.3
Feb 8, 2026vsNE (neutral)W3227.1
Sep 9, 2026vsNEW2226.5
Sep 20, 2026@ARIW4027.0
Sep 27, 2026@WASL1827.9
Oct 4, 2026vsLACW3328.1

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.1 in 2024, plus 0.4 in 2025, plus 0.2 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 72% in 2024, 48% in 2025, 21% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Read against the season’s ratings as of Nov 2, 2026; the games are the ones through Oct 4.