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NFL · Week 13 2026 · Monday, December 7

Cowboys vs Seahawks prediction and pick

Our Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks pick: Seahawks by 5.4, 66% to win. The forecast starts from what each team’s play has been worth once the luck is adjusted for, adds last season, who starts at quarterback and who is out hurt, and home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 10 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±13.4, so about 81% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Cowboys at Seahawks

Mon, Dec 7, 8:15 pm ET · Lumen Field

Seahawks by 5.4 · 66% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Cowboys win34.2%
Seahawks win65.8%
Middle 50%: Cowboys by 3 to Seahawks by 1450%
Middle 90%: Cowboys by 17 to Seahawks by 2890%
Middle 95%: Cowboys by 21 to Seahawks by 3195%
Exactly Seahawks by 38.2%
Exactly Cowboys by 36.8%
Exactly Seahawks by 75.5%
Exactly Seahawks by 144.5%
Exactly Seahawks by 104.2%
P50
Half of games like this end between Cowboys by 3 and Seahawks by 14.
P90
9 in 10 between Cowboys by 17 and Seahawks by 28.
P95
19 in 20 between Cowboys by 21 and Seahawks by 31.
Where the forecast comes from
Last seasonSeahawks+3.5
Home fieldSeahawks+2.3
QuarterbacksCowboys+1.9
This season, adjusted for luckSeahawks+1.5

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Cowboys 1–2 2.0 −0.9
Seahawks 2–1 2.1 −0.3

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Cowboys vs Seahawks: questions and answers

Who will win Cowboys vs Seahawks?

Our forecast picks the Seahawks, with 66% to win; the Cowboys win 34% of the time.

What’s the spread for Cowboys vs Seahawks?

Our spread: Seahawks −5.4. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Cowboys vs Seahawks?

Monday, December 7, 2026, at 8:15 pm ET, at Lumen Field.