Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos

Before kickoff

CIN

41%

DEN

59%

Predicted winner

DEN

Confidence

49%

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

3–28

Winner DEN. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.3 DEN
• Rushing offense+0.2 DEN
• QB yards/attempt−0.2 CIN
• Scoring differential+0.2 DEN