Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers

Before kickoff

SEA

65%

PIT

35%

Predicted winner

SEA

Confidence

44%

Snapshot

In-season walk-forward

Stored from information available before kickoff in a walk-forward historical simulation. Kickoff did not publish this pick publicly at the time. Not betting advice.

Final

28–26

Winner SEA. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

Model contributions (standardized feature × coefficient). Not causal explanations.

• Passing offense−0.7 SEA
• Recent form+0.5 PIT
• Win percentage+0.4 PIT
• Scoring differential−0.3 SEA