2000 Week 13 · Sun, Nov 26, 2000 · TWA Dome
FinalNew Orleans Saints 31 at St. Louis Rams 24. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 13 · Sun, Nov 26, 2000 · TWA Dome
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 31–24.
-1.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 17/29 | 190 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +3.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerald Moore | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 1 | +2.2 |
| Chad Morton | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Aaron Brooks | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 2 | +5.7 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Horn | 7 | 10 | 77 | 0 | 36% | +3.4 |
| Willie Jackson | 4 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 21% | −1.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Molden | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| La'Roi Glover | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Green | 20/41 | 289 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −6.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Faulk |
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
Rams closed -13.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 53.5; the game landed 55 — over by 1.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Terrelle Smith | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Fred McAfee | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | −2.8 |
| Keith Poole | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 7% | +2.4 |
| Chad Morton | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 14% | −0.6 |
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | +1.6 |
| Andrew Glover | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7% | −1.6 |
| Brian Milne | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4% | +1.7 |
| Terrelle Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −2.0 |
| 3 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toby Gowin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |
| 27 |
| 3.4 |
| 0 |
| −1.5 |
| Robert Holcombe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | +0.7 |
| Trent Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Holt | 6 | 9 | 89 | 0 | 23% | +6.6 |
| Ricky Proehl | 3 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 10% | +4.3 |
| Isaac Bruce | 4 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 25% | −0.9 |
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 4 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 20% | −1.2 |
| Marshall Faulk | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 13% | −0.7 |
| Roland Williams | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8% | −1.2 |
| Robert Holcombe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Fletcher | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| Grant Wistrom | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Agnew | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Coady | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Lyght | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike A. Jones | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Lyle | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter McCleon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorenzo Styles | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |