2000 Week 4 · Sun, Sep 24, 2000 · Mile High Stadium
FinalKansas City Chiefs 23 at Denver Broncos 22. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 4 · Sun, Sep 24, 2000 · Mile High Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Kansas City Chiefs 23–22 — decided on the final possessions.
1.0 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · KC
10/10 for 127 yds, 1 TD
31% of team targets · 11.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Grbac | 21/33 | 250 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +6.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Richardson | 14 | 35 | 2.5 | 1 | −6.8 |
| Frank Moreau | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | −1.8 |
| Mike Cloud | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gonzalez | 10 | 10 | 127 | 1 | 31% | +11.4 |
| Tony Richardson | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 9% | +1.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Williams | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Dennis | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marvcus Patton | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Donnie Edwards |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | 18/31 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson |
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
Broncos closed -7 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 43; the game landed 45 — over by 2.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Elvis Grbac | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | −3.3 |
| Derrick Alexander | 3 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 19% | −5.9 |
| Kevin Lockett | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6% | +1.5 |
| Mike Cloud | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3% | +0.9 |
| Sylvester Morris | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 28% | −1.7 |
| Troy Drayton | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | +0.5 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Jerome Woods | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Hicks | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Wesley | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Browning | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Bush | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hasty | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |
| 85 |
| 3.9 |
| 1 |
| −1.7 |
| Terrell Davis | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | +1.0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Smith | 8 | 12 | 134 | 0 | 39% | +2.9 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 10% | +2.5 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 16% | −1.9 |
| Mike Anderson | 3 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19% | −4.3 |
| Howard Griffith | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16% | −2.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Brown | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jenkins | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Pryce | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
| Kavika Pittman | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Burns | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |