2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Paul Brown Stadium
FinalDenver Broncos 21 at Cincinnati Bengals 31. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Paul Brown Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Cincinnati Bengals 31–21.
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 30/45 | 365 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +8.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 1 | −0.1 |
| KaRon Coleman | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | +2.8 |
| Brian Griese | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McCaffrey | 10 | 12 | 136 | 0 | 27% | +9.4 |
| Rod Smith | 7 | 12 | 110 | 1 | 27% | +4.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jenkins | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Romanowski | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Mobley |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akili Smith | 2/9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −2.0 |
| Scott Mitchell | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −4.0 |
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 -10 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 43; the game landed 52 — over by 9.0.
Conditions and crew
| Dwayne Carswell | 4 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 9% | +3.9 |
| Desmond Clark | 6 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 23% | +0.4 |
| Mike Anderson | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5% | −0.4 |
| Detron Smith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5% | +0.5 |
| KaRon Coleman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −4.6 |
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| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Keith Traylor | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brown | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montae Reagor | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harald Hasselbach | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Dillon | 22 | 278 | 12.6 | 2 | +14.6 |
| Peter Warrick | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 1 | +6.2 |
| Brandon Bennett | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 1 | −2.1 |
| Akili Smith | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | +0.7 |
| Scott Mitchell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony McGee | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 31% | −0.8 |
| Peter Warrick | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 38% | +0.4 |
| Brandon Bennett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −0.6 |
| Craig Yeast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −0.5 |
| Marco Battaglia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15% | −0.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeo Spikes | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Carter | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Heath | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darryl Williams | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Carter | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Armegis Spearman | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Bankston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Copeland | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |