2000 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 17, 2000 · Arrowhead Stadium
FinalDenver Broncos 7 at Kansas City Chiefs 20. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 17, 2000 · Arrowhead Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Kansas City Chiefs 20–7.
-4.8 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 | 22/34 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −4.0 |
| Jarious Jackson | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | −4.8 |
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Smith | 6 | 13 | 101 | 0 | 38% | −1.9 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 8 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 29% | −2.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jenkins | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brown |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Grbac | 14/28 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Richardson |
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 -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 47; the game landed 27 — under by 20.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Mike Anderson | 3 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 12% | +1.6 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6% | +3.1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6% | −0.9 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6% | −0.7 |
| Travis McGriff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| 6 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| Terrell Buckley | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Romanowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |
| 156 |
| 6.8 |
| 1 |
| +5.0 |
| Frank Moreau | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 1 | +1.5 |
| Elvis Grbac | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | +3.3 |
| Derrick Alexander | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Alexander | 5 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 29% | +1.4 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 4 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 32% | −2.3 |
| Sylvester Morris | 2 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 18% | −4.3 |
| Tony Richardson | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 18% | −0.8 |
| Kevin Lockett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | +0.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Woods | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Dennis | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Edwards | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Maslowski | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Wesley | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hasty | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hicks | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chester McGlockton | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvcus Patton | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron George | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |