Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals

Before kickoff

TB

63%

ARI

37%

Predicted winner

TB

Confidence

65%

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

19–16

Winner TB. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt−0.7 TB
• Home field+0.4 ARI
• Passing offense+0.2 ARI
• Interception rate−0.2 TB