Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens

Before kickoff

HOU

22%

BAL

78%

Predicted winner

BAL

Confidence

45%

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

9–25

Winner BAL. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Rushing defense+0.7 BAL
• Home field+0.6 BAL
• Scoring+0.2 BAL
• Scoring differential+0.2 BAL