Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers

Before kickoff

TB

59%

CAR

41%

Predicted winner

TB

Confidence

59%

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

46–23

Winner TB. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Rushing defense−0.9 TB
• Home field+0.5 CAR
• Scoring−0.5 TB
• Passing defense+0.2 CAR