Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers

Before kickoff

MIN

47%

LAC

53%

Predicted winner

LAC

Confidence

52%

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

10–37

Winner LAC. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.3 LAC
• Interception rate+0.2 LAC
• Scoring−0.1 MIN
• Turnovers−0.1 MIN