Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots

Before kickoff

KC

72%

NE

28%

Predicted winner

KC

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

27–17

Winner KC. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 NE
• Scoring−0.5 KC
• QB yards/attempt−0.5 KC
• Scoring differential−0.2 KC