2000 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 17, 2000 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalTampa Bay Buccaneers 31 at Detroit Lions 10. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 17, 2000 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–10 — never really in doubt late.
1.1 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · TB
8/11 for 84 yds, 0 TD
37% of team targets · 4.7 expected points added
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun King | 18/30 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +11.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Alstott | 21 | 68 | 3.2 | 1 | −3.4 |
| Warrick Dunn | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 1 | +1.1 |
| Shaun King | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | +3.9 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyshawn Johnson | 8 | 11 | 84 | 0 | 37% | +4.7 |
| Jacquez Green | 3 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 17% | +4.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Kelly | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Abraham | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shelton Quarles |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Batch | 26/36 | 277 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −1.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Stewart |
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
Buccaneers closed -3 and covered, winning by 21.
Total closed 34.5; the game landed 41 — over by 6.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Aaron Stecker | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Eric Zeier | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.9 |
| Warrick Dunn | 3 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 10% | +3.7 |
| Reidel Anthony | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10% | +0.1 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3% | −0.2 |
| Randall McDaniel | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7% | +1.3 |
| Dave Moore | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10% | −1.0 |
| Patrick Hape | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Anthony McFarland | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Sapp | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damien Robinson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alshermond Singleton | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Duncan | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |
| 13 |
| 1.6 |
| 0 |
| −2.9 |
| Charlie Batch | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | −2.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germane Crowell | 6 | 7 | 93 | 1 | 19% | +6.9 |
| David Sloan | 4 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 17% | −2.2 |
| Herman Moore | 5 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 19% | +0.7 |
| Johnnie Morton | 3 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 19% | −2.4 |
| James Stewart | 4 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 14% | −0.9 |
| Brock Olivo | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3% | +0.4 |
| Alfred Pupunu | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | −0.1 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.1 |
| Brian Stablein | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | +0.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Rice | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boyd | 5 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryant Westbrook | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Schulz | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Claiborne | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tracy Scroggins | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wyrick | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kowalkowski | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |