2000 Week 5 · Mon, Oct 2, 2000 · Arrowhead Stadium
FinalSeattle Seahawks 17 at Kansas City Chiefs 24. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 5 · Mon, Oct 2, 2000 · Arrowhead Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Kansas City Chiefs 24–17.
0.6 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · KC
5/8 for 153 yds, 1 TD
32% of team targets · 8.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 17/28 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −0.5 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Watters | 16 | 97 | 6.1 | 0 | +2.4 |
| Shaun Alexander | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 1 | +0.6 |
| Jon Kitna | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Jackson | 4 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 26% | +2.8 |
| Christian Fauria | 4 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 22% | −1.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Koonce | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Brown | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Simmons | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Grbac | 16/27 | 256 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +7.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Richardson |
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
Chiefs closed -4 and covered, winning by 7.
Total closed 38.5; the game landed 41 — over by 2.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Sean Dawkins | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11% | +1.8 |
| Derrick Mayes | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 7% | +1.5 |
| Shaun Alexander | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 11% | +0.7 |
| Mack Strong | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11% | −1.2 |
| Itula Mili | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4% | +1.2 |
| Ricky Watters | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.5 |
| 3 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Cortez Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shawn Springs | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie Williams | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar King | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Tongue | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |
| 53 |
| 4.8 |
| 0 |
| −0.5 |
| Kimble Anders | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Mike Cloud | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | +3.1 |
| Elvis Grbac | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Alexander | 5 | 8 | 153 | 1 | 32% | +8.9 |
| Sylvester Morris | 3 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 20% | +2.3 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 3 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 20% | +3.8 |
| Troy Drayton | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4% | +0.9 |
| Kevin Lockett | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4% | −0.5 |
| Tony Richardson | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12% | −1.2 |
| Mike Cloud | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4% | −0.2 |
| Kimble Anders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4% | −0.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvcus Patton | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Donnie Edwards | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hicks | 5 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Dennis | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Woods | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Browning | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Maslowski | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Warfield | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hasty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Wesley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |