Indianapolis Colts at Arizona Cardinals

Before kickoff

IND

59%

ARI

41%

Predicted winner

IND

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

22–16

Winner IND. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.8 ARI
• Passing offense−0.2 IND
• Passing defense+0.2 ARI
• QB yards/attempt−0.1 IND