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polling · 1800s tick · as of 7:16 AM ET · 16 to play
Game Center
Game Center
2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Georgia Dome
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 21–19 — decided on the final possessions.
-0.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Blake | 19/31 | 209 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Williams | 29 | 156 | 5.4 | 3 | +5.5 |
| Jeff Blake | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | −1.8 |
| Terrelle Smith | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | +1.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Horn | 4 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 23% | −1.1 |
| Willie Jackson | 3 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 10% | +2.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Mitchell | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fields | 6 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Chandler | 15/20 | 240 | 2 | 0 | 6 | +1.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Anderson |
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_08_NO_ATL
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Saints closed -1.5 and covered, winning by 2.
Total closed 40 and landed exactly there — a push.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Ricky Williams | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 19% | +0.6 |
| Keith Poole | 4 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 19% | +2.0 |
| Lamont Hall | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 6% | +2.1 |
| Terrelle Smith | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10% | +1.1 |
| Andrew Glover | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13% | −4.8 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Norman Hand | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Terry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |
| 75 |
| 4.4 |
| 0 |
| −0.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Dwight | 3 | 4 | 85 | 1 | 21% | +7.3 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 32% | +1.1 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 11% | +2.2 |
| Bob Christian | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 16% | +0.8 |
| Reggie Kelly | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11% | +0.4 |
| Jamal Anderson | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5% | +1.1 |
| Brian Kozlowski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5% | −1.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Bradford | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corey Atkins | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Jasper | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hall | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Williams | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald McBurrows | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Draft | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Swayda | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
