Washington Commanders at Atlanta Falcons

Before kickoff

WAS

43%

ATL

57%

Predicted winner

ATL

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

24–16

Winner WAS. Kickoff was incorrect.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 ATL
• Interception rate+0.2 ATL
• Passing offense+0.1 ATL
• QB yards/attempt−0.1 WAS