San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams

Before kickoff

SF

54%

LAR

46%

Predicted winner

SF

Confidence

52%

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

31–14

Winner SF. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.4 LAR
• Passing offense−0.1 SF
• Interception rate−0.1 SF
• QB yards/attempt−0.1 SF