Detroit Lions at New York Jets

Before kickoff

DET

53%

NYJ

47%

Predicted winner

DET

Confidence

58%

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

20–17

Winner DET. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.4 NYJ
• Passing defense+0.3 NYJ
• Scoring−0.3 DET
• QB yards/attempt−0.3 DET