Kansas City Chiefs at Carolina Panthers

Before kickoff

KC

78%

CAR

22%

Predicted winner

KC

Confidence

74%

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

30–27

Winner KC. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt−0.8 KC
• Home field+0.6 CAR
• Scoring differential−0.5 KC
• Scoring−0.4 KC