Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

Before kickoff

IND

26%

HOU

74%

Predicted winner

HOU

Confidence

71%

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

17–20

Winner HOU. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt+0.6 HOU
• Home field+0.3 HOU
• Passing defense−0.2 IND
• Passing offense−0.2 IND