Final: Kansas City Chiefs 23, Los Angeles Chargers 20.
Going in, our model had favored Kansas City Chiefs at 62% win probability, and the pick won.
Out or doubtful: 3 Chiefs, 1 Chargers.
PICK: KC
TIER B
PICK WONATS ✗
KC 62%
LAC 38%
Model confidence: KC 62%
Our line: KC -4.0
ODDS
SPREAD
KC -8.5
MARKET SPREAD · MARKET AVG
KC -4.0
OUR LINE
MISSED
VS SPREAD
MONEYLINE
KC · OUR WIN PROBABILITY
62%
KC · MARKET WIN PROBABILITY
77%
DIFFERENCE
-15%
SOURCE
KC
LAC
KC WIN %
Closing line
-370
+311
77.2%
WIN % is each book’s odds as a win chance, with the book’s cut taken out. The card above is their average.
TEAM COMPARISON2020 SEASON · EFFICIENCY, SCORING, TENDENCIES · RANK IN PARENTHESES · FULL-SEASON NUMBERS, NOT AS OF WEEK 2
+0.138Net EPA / play+0.001
+0.184 (2)Offense EPA / play+0.027 (15)
+0.045 (19)Defense EPA / play+0.026 (15)
50.1% (3)Offense success %43.2% (24)
GAME NARRATIVE
KC B-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
NAILED IT
Model projected KC by 4.0. Actual: 3 points. The model was within 1.0 points of the real margin.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 4 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
ATS MISS
Missed the spread by 5.5 points.
Another data point for the model. B-tier picks continue to track.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.