Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns

Before kickoff

PIT

25%

CLE

75%

Predicted winner

CLE

Confidence

70%

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

10–13

Winner CLE. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 CLE
• Scoring+0.3 CLE
• Passing defense+0.3 CLE
• Interception rate−0.2 PIT