Jacksonville Jaguars at Pittsburgh Steelers

Before kickoff

JAX

69%

PIT

31%

Predicted winner

JAX

Confidence

63%

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

20–10

Winner JAX. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 PIT
• Scoring−0.4 JAX
• Rushing defense−0.3 JAX
• Scoring differential−0.1 JAX