Week 16 · Sunday, Dec 27 · 1:00 PM ET · New Orleans
Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints
40% ARI win probability60% NO win probability
- Projected
- 21–25
- Model confidence
- 33%
- Model
- v0.2
Why Kickoff leans NO
Largest model inputs — log-odds contributions, not causal explanations or betting edges. Confidence is a separate score from win probability.
- Home fieldNO +0.1
Home field: NO +0.1, ARI versus NO
- Win percentageNO +0.1
Win percentage: NO +0.1, ARI versus NO
- Offensive touchdownsARI +0.1
Offensive touchdowns: ARI +0.1, ARI versus NO
- Points allowedNO +0.1
Points allowed: NO +0.1, ARI versus NO
- ScoringARI +0.1
Scoring: ARI +0.1, ARI versus NO
- Scoring differentialNO +0.1
Scoring differential: NO +0.1, ARI versus NO
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.