Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Before kickoff

BUF

67%

NYJ

33%

Predicted winner

BUF

Confidence

59%

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

23–20

Winner BUF. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 NYJ
• Scoring−0.6 BUF
• QB yards/attempt−0.3 BUF
• Scoring differential−0.2 BUF