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FormPicksWednesday 2 September
Week 1Lumen Field· Fine
Seahawks
QB Sam Darnold
vThu, 10 Sept, 10:20 am AEST
Patriots
QB Drake Maye
Our PickSlight Lean
Seahawks to win
Margin3Total46 pts
🗳Do You Agree?
47 votesWinner
Seahawks
55% agree
Line
By 3+
49% more
Total
46 pts
69% over
💬 FormPicks Commentary
The Seahawks have the edge here - they're the stronger outfit, they've got their home crowd at Lumen Field, and they finished last season on a 10-game winning streak with an 8-2 record at home. Both defences are elite and both offences click, but Seattle's miserly defence (17.2 points conceded per game) gives them the slight upper hand. The real thing to watch is whether the Patriots' perfect 9-0 road record and their knack for staying in one-score games lets them nick this one, especially with New England's offence putting up 28.8 points a game. The Seahawks are favoured, but this won't be a blowout.
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Public Opinion
The room is with usSeahawks 68%32%
Seahawks feel like the sturdier side at home, built on a defence that barely leaks and a finish to last season that never let up.
Most of the room is with us on Seahawks, and that lines up with what we see in the defence and the home boost.
Public Opinion Key Callouts
Form15 mentions
Most writers keep pointing to Seattle's long, lopsided winning run over this opponent as the reason to expect another comfortable margin rather than a tight opener.
FormPicks Response · Already in our call
We know that streak well, it is part of why we like Seattle here, but it is also why we have them by 3 and not by twice that, given New England's attack can punish any slippage.
Matchup15 mentions
A recurring debate is whether New England's rebuilt offensive line can finally hold up against Seattle's blitz packages that gave them so much trouble last time, with some seeing real improvement and others still doubtfu…
FormPicks Response · Could move us
Whether that rebuilt Patriots line actually holds up under pressure is exactly the sort of thing we cannot see clearly from here, and if it does, our margin gets a lot shakier.
Coach9 mentions
There is ongoing chatter, some of it skeptical, about whether the league picked this fixture partly to keep attention on Vrabel's off-field situation rather than purely for footballing reasons.
FormPicks Response · We don't see it
We do not put any weight on off-field scheduling chatter, this call is about what happens on the field between two well-matched defences.
Rivalry12 mentions
A lingering grudge angle keeps surfacing, with needling between the two coaching staffs and reports of Seahawks players privately rating a different game as their true title decider, both used as extra motivation talk fo…
FormPicks Response · We don't see it
Grudge talk and private rankings do not move our call, we are looking at the matchup in front of us, not what either side privately cares about more.
What's driving the pick
Factor breakdown
◀ SeahawksPatriots ▶
Overall rating
EPA per play
Recent form
Home field
Rest & bye week
Availability
Bars show how far each factor swings the projected margin. Built from ELO ratings, expected points added per play on both sides of the ball, recent form, home field, rest days and the injury report - never from betting markets.
Seahawks
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Miserly defence - conceding just 17.2 points a game last season.
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Finished last season on a 10-game winning streak.
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Fortress at home - 8-2 in their own building last season.
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Explosive offence - putting up 28.4 points a game last season.
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Road warriors - 9-1 away from home last season.
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When they win, they win big - 15 points the average winning margin last season.
Patriots
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Miserly defence - conceding just 18.8 points a game last season.
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Explosive offence - putting up 28.8 points a game last season.
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Road warriors - 9-0 away from home last season.
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Own the division - 5-1 against divisional rivals last season.
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Finished last season 1st in the conference.
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Live in one-score games - 11 of theirs last season decided by 8 points or fewer.
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Team Stats · Head to Head
How each side is actually playing. A side marked with a year is showing last season's numbers until it has three games on the board this year.
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Momentum
Seahawks
2025 season20 games
Last 5 of 20255 games
Last game2025 finale
Patriots
2025 season21 games
Last 5 of 20255 games
Last game2025 finale
Last Game Key Callouts · last season's finale
vPatriotsvSeahawksSacks Up 3 on their last 5 average
Takeaways Down 2 on their last 5 average
Defence EPA / play allowed Up 0.22 on their last 5 average
Offence EPA / play Down 0.21 on their last 5 average
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The Meters Behind It
SeasonLast 5Last game
Offence EPA / play
Seahawks · 2025+0.06+0.06-0.05Patriots · 2025+0.09-0.10-0.31
Defence EPA / play allowed
Seahawks · 2025-0.13-0.25-0.31Patriots · 2025-0.08-0.27-0.05
Yards per play
Seahawks · 20256.15.54.8Patriots · 20256.15.65.6
Passing yards
Seahawks · 2025236.8203.4202Patriots · 2025251.8208.4295
Rushing yards
Seahawks · 2025124.3146.8141Patriots · 2025126.8142.879
Explosive plays
Seahawks · 20256.56.28Patriots · 20257.06.87
Giveaways
Seahawks · 20251.40.40Patriots · 20251.11.63
Takeaways
Seahawks · 20251.62.03Patriots · 20251.32.00
Sacks
Seahawks · 20252.82.86Patriots · 20252.23.41
Sacks allowed
Seahawks · 20251.62.21Patriots · 20253.34.26
Penalty yards
Seahawks · 202543.629.025Patriots · 202546.033.025
Points scored
Seahawks · 202529.228.229Patriots · 202526.521.013
Points allowed
Seahawks · 202516.911.813Patriots · 202517.913.029
Full-game team stats from nflverse after each week. Blue marks the stronger side in each column - fewer giveaways, sacks allowed, penalty yards and points allowed count as better, and a lower defensive EPA per play means the defence gave less away.
🚑Ins & Outs
Bryce Baringer (P) (Patriots) out - undisclosed · IR
Form guide · 2025 season
SeahawksvsPatriots
14-3Record14-3
1 in NFCConference1 in AFC
28.4Pts for /game28.8
17.2Pts against /game18.8
4-2Division5-1
Sam DarnoldStarting QBDrake Maye
7 daysRest7 days
Predictions are statistical estimates built from public NFL data (ESPN, nflverse) for information only - not betting advice, and not derived from bookmaker odds. Past performance is not indicative of future results.