Week 1 · Sunday, Sep 13 · 1:00 PM ET · Cincinnati
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals
50% TB win probability50% CIN win probability
- Projected
- 23–23
- Model confidence
- 26%
- Model
- v0.2
Why Kickoff leans TB
Largest model inputs — log-odds contributions, not causal explanations or betting edges. Confidence is a separate score from win probability.
- Rushing defenseTB +0.2
Rushing defense: TB +0.2, TB versus CIN
- Home fieldCIN +0.1
Home field: CIN +0.1, TB versus CIN
- Offensive touchdownsCIN +0.1
Offensive touchdowns: CIN +0.1, TB versus CIN
- TurnoversCIN +0.1
Turnovers: CIN +0.1, TB versus CIN
- Win percentageTB +0.1
Win percentage: TB +0.1, TB versus CIN
- Rushing offenseTB +0.1
Rushing offense: TB +0.1, TB versus CIN
Team context
2026 records are 0–0. Kickoff has not observed 2026 games. Club pages show the latest available nflverse roster snapshot separately from this prediction.
Prediction record
- Publication
- Generated before kickoff · Aug 17, 11:23 PM ET ET
- Source
- Kickoff Model v0.2 · preseason snapshot (prior-season information)
- Lock
- Locks at kickoff
- Final result
- Awaiting final
- Evaluation
- Not settled
Model integrity
- Prediction generated from information available before kickoff.
- No betting odds in the model.
- No future results, injuries, or live 2026 box scores.
- Win probability is not produced by the language model.