Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks

Before kickoff

CAR

21%

SEA

79%

Predicted winner

SEA

Confidence

75%

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

30–24

Winner CAR. Kickoff was incorrect.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt+0.9 SEA
• Scoring+0.4 SEA
• Home field+0.4 SEA
• Passing offense−0.3 CAR