New Orleans Saints at New York Giants

Before kickoff

NO

72%

NYG

28%

Predicted winner

NO

Confidence

70%

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

14–11

Winner NO. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt−1.0 NO
• Home field+0.6 NYG
• Scoring−0.4 NO
• QB completion %+0.4 NYG