Washington Commanders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Before kickoff

WAS

27%

TB

73%

Predicted winner

TB

Confidence

42%

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

20–37

Winner TB. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 TB
• QB yards/attempt+0.4 TB
• Scoring differential+0.3 TB
• Interception rate+0.2 TB