New York Giants at Buffalo Bills

Before kickoff

NYG

14%

BUF

86%

Predicted winner

BUF

Confidence

73%

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

9–14

Winner BUF. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Scoring+0.8 BUF
• Home field+0.6 BUF
• Scoring differential+0.5 BUF
• QB yards/attempt+0.5 BUF