Washington Commanders at Buffalo Bills

Before kickoff

WAS

32%

BUF

68%

Predicted winner

BUF

Confidence

63%

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

9–24

Winner BUF. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Win percentage−0.7 WAS
• Scoring differential+0.4 BUF
• Scoring+0.3 BUF
• Rushing defense+0.3 BUF