Arizona Cardinals at Houston Texans

Before kickoff

ARI

39%

HOU

61%

Predicted winner

HOU

Confidence

63%

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

20–40

Winner HOU. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• Home field+0.3 HOU
• QB yards/attempt−0.2 ARI
• Win percentage+0.2 HOU
• Scoring differential+0.2 HOU