2000 Week 16 · Sat, Dec 16, 2000 · Husky Stadium
FinalOakland Raiders 24 at Seattle Seahawks 27. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 16 · Sat, Dec 16, 2000 · Husky Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Seattle Seahawks 27–24 — decided on the final possessions. Played in 22.2 mph wind — weigh that when reading the passing lines.
-0.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Gannon | 5/17 | 136 | 1 | 3 | 1 | −1.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Wheatley | 26 | 146 | 5.6 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Randy Jordan | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 2 | +4.8 |
| Rich Gannon | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | −1.5 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Jordan | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 7% | +4.8 |
| Tim Brown | 2 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 43% | +2.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquez Pope | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Harris | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elijah Alexander | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Biekert |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 19/30 | 177 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −0.6 |
| Travis Brown | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 |
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
Raiders closed -6 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 47.5; the game landed 51 — over by 3.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
Wind at 22.2 mph is the kind that drags passing depth and kicking range — weigh it when reading the splits.
| Rickey Dudley | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 14% | +0.4 |
| Andre Rison | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 21% | −2.2 |
| Tyrone Wheatley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −0.5 |
| James Jett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −0.6 |
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| Anthony Dorsett | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Regan Upshaw | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Woodson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Allen | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Dunn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Feagles | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Watters | 26 | 168 | 6.5 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Shaun Alexander | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | +1.4 |
| Jon Kitna | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Jackson | 4 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 19% | +6.0 |
| Ricky Watters | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 19% | +1.1 |
| Sean Dawkins | 4 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 26% | −5.3 |
| Itula Mili | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10% | −0.5 |
| Mack Strong | 3 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 16% | +0.5 |
| Derrick Mayes | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3% | +1.1 |
| Christian Fauria | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6% | +0.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Brown | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Simmons | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Springs | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortez Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Logan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Sinclair | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie Williams | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| George Koonce | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Tongue | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |