2000 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 3, 2000 · Louisiana Superdome
FinalDenver Broncos 38 at New Orleans Saints 23. Final.
Who moved the needle
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Game Center
Game Center
2000 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 3, 2000 · Louisiana Superdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Denver Broncos 38–23.
-2.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | 11/16 | 201 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +12.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 37 | 251 | 6.8 | 4 | +15.9 |
| KaRon Coleman | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | −2.4 |
| Howard Griffith | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | −1.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Carswell | 3 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 27% | +4.6 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 3 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 27% | +3.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Spencer | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Gold | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Burns |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 30/48 | 441 | 2 | 2 | 3 | +14.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks |
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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
Pick'em at close — Broncos won by 15.
Total closed 45; the game landed 61 — over by 16.0.
Conditions and crew
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 13% | +1.3 |
| Rod Smith | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 20% | +1.8 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7% | +0.9 |
| Mike Anderson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7% | +1.4 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Romanowski | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Brown | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terrell Buckley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jenkins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Suttle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |
| 13 |
| 4.3 |
| 0 |
| −0.9 |
| Jerald Moore | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Chad Morton | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Terry Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −2.0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Horn | 10 | 15 | 170 | 0 | 34% | +4.6 |
| Robert Wilson | 8 | 11 | 122 | 0 | 25% | +8.0 |
| Andrew Glover | 2 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 5% | +5.8 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 14% | +3.4 |
| Chad Morton | 7 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 18% | −1.3 |
| Kyle Turley | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2% | +0.2 |
| Keith Poole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fields | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Whitehead | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |