NFL picks · 2026 Week 5 · Sunday, October 11 · 4:25 PM ET

49ers vs Seahawks prediction

San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, NFL Week 5. Our model projects the game, the sportsbooks price it, and the two numbers sit side by side below. The priced plays — the safest side, the value bet, the win + kicker combo and the props — are on the members' board; the projection is public, and every pick is graded here after the game.

Final

San Francisco 49ers 32 · Seattle Seahawks 29

Winner called by the model: NO — the projection was Seattle Seahawks by 4.0.

ResultPickPriceOur probability
LOSSSEA ML safest side-15461.1%
WINOver 46.5 value bet+10050.5%

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The projection · public

Seahawks 26, 49ers 22

Seahawks by 4.0 · 47 total points

Projected margin
SEA −4.0
market: SEA −3
Projected total
47
market: 46.5
Raw model win probability
63.7%
Seattle Seahawks · before blending with the market
Market implies
59.3%
Seattle Seahawks from the moneyline -154

The model projects Seattle Seahawks to beat San Francisco 49ers 26–22; the market agrees on the favorite and prices the spread at 3. On the total, the model's 47 sits above the market's 46.5. The raw model gives Seattle Seahawks a 63.7% chance to win; the moneyline price implies 59.3%. We never bet the raw model — the published probability on every play blends it with the market, and that blended number is what the board shows members.

A projection is an expected outcome, not a promise: the other side happens, and favorites lose. 21+ and only where sports betting is legal.

Line movement · public

Where the line has gone

Spread
SEA -3
unchanged since we first posted it
Total
47 →46.5
down 0.5
SEA moneyline
-148 →-154
best price, shorter by 6¢

First posted on our board Tue Oct 6; "now" is our latest refresh. A line that moves toward a side generally means more money has come in on that side.

The board on this game · members

What the box priced

Every play below carries the blended probability, the price it was published at and the edge over that price. For visitors the plays stay sealed; a free account opens the week's free pick, a membership opens all of it.

PlayBetPriceOur probabilityEdge
Safest side ████████sealedsealedsealed
Value bet ████████sealedsealedsealed
Spread lean ████████sealedsealedsealed
Total lean ████████sealedsealedsealed
Win + kicker████████sealedsealedsealed
Kicker████████sealedsealedsealed
Kicker████████sealedsealedsealed

Projected stat lines

PlayerTeamPosProjection
Brock PurdySFQB████████████
Christian McCaffreySFRB████████████
George KittleSFTE████████████
Mike EvansSFWR████████████
Sam DarnoldSEAQB████████████
Emanuel WilsonSEARB████████████
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaSEAWR████████████
Cooper KuppSEAWR████████████

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Around the game

Injuries and news the board saw

TeamPlayerStatusInjury
SEAZach Charbonnet RBOutKnee - ACL
SEAChazz Surratt LBQuestionableCalf
SEALeonard Williams DTQuestionableAnkle
SEATy Okada SQuestionableHamstring
SFJames Thompson Jr. DTDoubtfulAnkle
SFKyle Juszczyk FBDoubtfulKnee
SFMarques Sigle SDoubtfulAnkle
SFNick Bosa DEDoubtfulCalf

The board rebuilds every morning and again before kickoff, so injuries and line moves feed the numbers above; this page shows the board as last published (2026-10-07).

Questions

About this prediction

What is the model's projected score for 49ers vs Seahawks?

Seattle Seahawks 26, San Francisco 49ers 22 — Seattle Seahawks by 4.0 points and 47 total points. The market line when the board was built was Seattle Seahawks by 3 with a total of 46.5.

Who does the model favor to win 49ers vs Seahawks?

Seattle Seahawks. The raw model gives them a 63.7% chance; the moneyline price of -154 implies 59.3%. The priced play on this game — the safest side, blended with the market — is on the members' board.

Is this pick guaranteed?

No. A probability is not a promise: the other side happens, and favorites pay short prices for exactly that reason. Black Box Bets is an information service, not a sportsbook; no pick, parlay or strategy is guaranteed to profit, and past results — including the 2018–2025 test — do not predict future ones. Bet only what you can afford to lose, 21+ and only where sports betting is legal.

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