Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans

Before kickoff

GB

77%

HOU

23%

Predicted winner

GB

Confidence

67%

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

35–20

Winner GB. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Rushing defense−0.7 GB
• Home field+0.5 HOU
• Scoring−0.4 GB
• Win percentage+0.4 HOU