Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs

Before kickoff

HOU

39%

KC

61%

Predicted winner

KC

Confidence

64%

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

19–27

Winner KC. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.6 KC
• Passing efficiency+0.1 KC
• Scoring differential+0.1 KC
• Interception rate−0.1 HOU