Week 8 · Sunday, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET · Detroit
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions
35% MIN win probability65% DET win probability
- Projected
- 20–25
- Model confidence
- 37%
- Model
- v0.2
Why Kickoff leans DET
Largest model inputs — log-odds contributions, not causal explanations or betting edges. Confidence is a separate score from win probability.
- Interception rateDET +0.3
Interception rate: DET +0.3, MIN versus DET
- TurnoversMIN +0.2
Turnovers: MIN +0.2, MIN versus DET
- Offensive touchdownsDET +0.2
Offensive touchdowns: DET +0.2, MIN versus DET
- ScoringDET +0.2
Scoring: DET +0.2, MIN versus DET
- Home fieldDET +0.1
Home field: DET +0.1, MIN versus DET
- Passing efficiencyMIN +0.1
Passing efficiency: MIN +0.1, MIN versus DET
Team context
2026 records are 0–0. Kickoff has not observed 2026 games. Club pages show the latest available nflverse roster snapshot separately from this prediction.
Prediction record
- Publication
- Generated before kickoff · Aug 17, 11:23 PM ET ET
- Source
- Kickoff Model v0.2 · preseason snapshot (prior-season information)
- Lock
- Locks at kickoff
- Final result
- Awaiting final
- Evaluation
- Not settled
Model integrity
- Prediction generated from information available before kickoff.
- No betting odds in the model.
- No future results, injuries, or live 2026 box scores.
- Win probability is not produced by the language model.