2000 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 1, 2000 · Mile High Stadium
FinalNew England Patriots 28 at Denver Broncos 19. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 1, 2000 · Mile High Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New England Patriots 28–19.
0.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 18/27 | 271 | 4 | 1 | 3 | +15.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Faulk | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 0 | −0.6 |
| J.R. Redmond | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | −1.8 |
| Harold Shaw | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | −1.5 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown | 5 | 6 | 108 | 2 | 23% | +10.4 |
| Terry Glenn | 6 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 35% | +1.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Langham | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty Law | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 31/50 | 361 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese |
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 -8.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 41; the game landed 47 — over by 6.0.
Conditions and crew
| Chris Floyd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Michael Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −1.6 |
| Lee Johnson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | +1.4 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 8% | +3.5 |
| Eric Bjornson | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 12% | −0.4 |
| J.R. Redmond | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 8% | +3.7 |
| Chris Calloway | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8% | −0.3 |
| Tony Simmons | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4% | +0.8 |
| Chris Floyd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.5 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tebucky Jones | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ted Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Otis Smith | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Eaton | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |
| 29 |
| 4.8 |
| 0 |
| +0.1 |
| Mike Anderson | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | −2.6 |
| Terrell Davis | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Smith | 13 | 19 | 160 | 0 | 40% | +3.1 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 9 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 32% | +6.8 |
| Travis McGriff | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 2% | +5.1 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 6% | −0.2 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 9% | +1.3 |
| Mike Anderson | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2% | −0.2 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4% | +0.7 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4% | −1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mobley | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Jenkins | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brown | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Romanowski | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Traylor | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |