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2000 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 1, 2000 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Minnesota Vikings 31–24.
7.2 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · DET
8/14 for 85 yds, 1 TD
34% of team targets · -0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 17/29 | 269 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +14.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Smith | 16 | 134 | 8.4 | 1 | +5.2 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | −3.6 |
| Moe Williams | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | −2.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Moss | 7 | 9 | 168 | 3 | 32% | +17.0 |
| John Davis | 4 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 25% | +0.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Griffith | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Thomas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kailee Wong | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Tate |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Batch | 25/44 | 239 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −10.7 |
| 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.
/football/games/2000_05_MIN_DET
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Lions closed -1 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 42.5; the game landed 55 — over by 12.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Randy Moss | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.9 |
| Cris Carter | 3 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 29% | −1.2 |
| Robert Smith | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 7% | +0.1 |
| Chris Walsh | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4% | +1.0 |
| Matt Hatchette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.2 |
| 5 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| Ed McDaniel | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Rudd | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cris Dishman | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Moe Williams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Randle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |
| 123 |
| 6.2 |
| 0 |
| +7.2 |
| Charlie Batch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | +1.8 |
| Mario Bates | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germane Crowell | 8 | 14 | 85 | 1 | 34% | −0.5 |
| Johnnie Morton | 6 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 22% | +0.2 |
| Mario Bates | 3 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 7% | +2.2 |
| Brock Olivo | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5% | +1.2 |
| James Stewart | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5% | +0.6 |
| Herman Moore | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 12% | −7.2 |
| David Sloan | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 10% | −1.8 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5% | −1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Boyd | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corwin Brown | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Scroggins | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Walker | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Kowalkowski | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Schulz | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen Aldridge | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Claiborne | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared DeVries | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Fair | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
