Seattle Seahawks at Carolina Panthers

Before kickoff

SEA

72%

CAR

28%

Predicted winner

SEA

Confidence

72%

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

27–10

Winner SEA. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

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

• QB yards/attempt−0.6 SEA
• Scoring−0.3 SEA
• Passing efficiency+0.3 CAR
• Scoring differential−0.3 SEA