2000 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 3, 2000 · Three Rivers Stadium
FinalBaltimore Ravens 16 at Pittsburgh Steelers 0. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 3, 2000 · Three Rivers Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Baltimore Ravens 16–0.
-0.8 expected points added on the ground
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Banks | 18/32 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priest Holmes | 27 | 119 | 4.4 | 0 | +1.9 |
| Jamal Lewis | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | −1.4 |
| Tony Banks | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qadry Ismail | 7 | 11 | 102 | 1 | 37% | +6.6 |
| Travis Taylor | 4 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 23% | +1.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McCrary | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Woodson | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Harris | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Bailey |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Graham | 17/38 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −7.7 |
| Kordell Stewart | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 |
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.

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The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Ravens closed -2.5 and covered, winning by 16.
Total closed 37; the game landed 16 — under by 21.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −1.5 |
| Priest Holmes | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 13% | +2.7 |
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10% | −2.5 |
| Ben Coates | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7% | −0.7 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10% | −2.1 |
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| Kim Herring | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Lewis | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Boulware | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Burnett | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Duane Starks | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris McAlister | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Huntley | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Jerome Bettis | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 0 | −4.7 |
| Kordell Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 4 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 24% | +2.3 |
| Bobby Shaw | 4 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 13% | +3.8 |
| Mark Bruener | 2 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 11% | −0.4 |
| Hines Ward | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 5% | +0.2 |
| Richard Huntley | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 11% | −1.9 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5% | −0.2 |
| Troy Edwards | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16% | −3.7 |
| Malcolm Johnson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11% | −2.4 |
| Jon Witman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.3 |
| Cory Geason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Scott | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne Washington | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Flowers | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Earl Holmes | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Henry | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levon Kirkland | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fiala | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |