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polling · 1800s tick · as of 12:35 AM ET · 16 to play
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2000 Week 2 · Sun, Sep 10, 2000 · Qualcomm Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 28–27 — decided on the final possessions.
-2.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Blake | 33/46 | 259 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +7.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Williams | 24 | 50 | 2.1 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Jeff Blake | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | −7.2 |
| Chad Morton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Weary | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sammy Knight | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Leaf | 12/24 | 134 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −7.3 |
| Moses Moreno | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 |
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.
/football/games/2000_02_NO_SD
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Chargers closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 35.5; the game landed 55 — over by 19.5.
Conditions and crew
| Ricky Williams | 4 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 11% | +1.2 |
| Andrew Glover | 4 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 15% | −6.6 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 7% | +0.3 |
| Terrelle Smith | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7% | +0.3 |
| Chad Morton | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9% | −1.9 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Phil Clarke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fields | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Chancey | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Chancey | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 1 | −1.3 |
| Curtis Conway | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | +1.0 |
| Kenny Bynum | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Ryan Leaf | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Graham | 3 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 16% | +1.7 |
| Curtis Conway | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 28% | +1.1 |
| Trevor Gaylor | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 20% | −0.9 |
| Fred McCrary | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 12% | −5.3 |
| Freddie Jones | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 8% | −0.7 |
| Ronney Jenkins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8% | −1.6 |
| Robert Chancey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.5 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Seau | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Ruff | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamal Williams | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogers Beckett | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Parrella | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Turner | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Dixon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Dumas | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darryll Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
