Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks

Before kickoff

CAR

27%

SEA

73%

Predicted winner

SEA

Confidence

55%

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

27–37

Winner SEA. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 SEA
• QB yards/attempt+0.6 SEA
• Scoring+0.4 SEA
• Interception rate+0.2 SEA