Cincinnati Bengals at Minnesota Vikings

Before kickoff

CIN

49%

MIN

51%

Predicted winner

MIN

Confidence

40%

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

10–48

Winner MIN. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.3 MIN
• QB yards/attempt+0.2 MIN
• Interception rate−0.2 CIN
• Scoring−0.2 CIN