2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Three Rivers Stadium
FinalCleveland Browns 0 at Pittsburgh Steelers 22. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Three Rivers Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 22–0 — never really in doubt late.
-2.5 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · PIT
2/7 for 25 yds, 0 TD
28% of team targets · -2.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Pederson | 9/20 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 1 | −14.5 |
| Spergon Wynn | 1/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Prentice | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 0 | −2.5 |
| Doug Pederson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | −1.4 |
| Jamel White |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Northcutt | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 36% | −4.4 |
| Aaron Shea | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 9% | −0.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Moore | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamir Miller | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Earl Little | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylon McCutcheon |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 7/13 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.1 |
| Kent Graham | 3/12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −7.1 |
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
Steelers closed -9 and covered, winning by 22.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 22 — under by 15.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 2 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| −1.1 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Travis Prentice | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14% | −1.0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14% | −1.5 |
| Kevin Johnson | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23% | −5.8 |
| Mark Campbell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5% | −0.3 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Wali Rainer | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Courtney Brown | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith McKenzie | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Ellsworth | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stalin Colinet | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 33 | 105 | 3.2 | 1 | +2.0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | +1.7 |
| Kordell Stewart | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Richard Huntley | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Shaw | 3 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 12% | +4.6 |
| Plaxico Burress | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 28% | −2.7 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 12% | −0.4 |
| Troy Edwards | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 16% | −0.7 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16% | −1.0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.8 |
| Mark Bruener | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.6 |
| Richard Huntley | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 8% | −2.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Flowers | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Levon Kirkland | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chad Scott | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Gildon | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brent Alexander | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Poteat | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Henry | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |