Houston Texans at Seattle Seahawks

Before kickoff

HOU

39%

SEA

61%

Predicted winner

SEA

Confidence

55%

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

19–27

Winner SEA. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt+0.4 SEA
• Home field+0.3 SEA
• Passing efficiency−0.2 HOU
• Scoring+0.1 SEA