Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings

Before kickoff

CAR

26%

MIN

74%

Predicted winner

MIN

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

27–28

Winner MIN. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt+0.8 MIN
• Home field+0.5 MIN
• Scoring+0.3 MIN
• QB completion %−0.3 CAR