San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams

Before kickoff

SF

42%

LAR

58%

Predicted winner

LAR

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

23–20

Winner SF. Kickoff was incorrect.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.5 LAR
• Rest+0.3 LAR
• QB yards/attempt+0.2 LAR
• Passing defense−0.2 SF