Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs

Before kickoff

CIN

35%

KC

65%

Predicted winner

KC

Confidence

44%

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

25–26

Winner KC. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 KC
• Scoring+0.2 KC
• Scoring differential+0.2 KC
• Interception rate−0.2 CIN