2000 Week 17 · Sun, Dec 24, 2000 · FedExField

Arizona Cardinals

Washington CommandersWinner

WAS -7 ✓U 38.5 ✓Commanders closed -7 and covered, winning by 17.

Washington Commanders 20–3 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · WAS

Brad JohnsonQB

19/32, 192 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

-5.7 expected points added

Passing · ARI

Jake PlummerQB

14/31, 144 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT

-17.6 expected points added

Rushing · WAS

Stephen DavisRB

27 att, 120 yds, 0 TD

-1.5 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · ARI

Michael PittmanRB

16 att, 72 yds, 0 TD

-0.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · ARI

Tywan MitchellTE

2/3 for 53 yds, 0 TD

9% of team targets · 2.4 expected points added

Receiving · ARI

Frank SandersWR

4/11 for 47 yds, 0 TD

34% of team targets · -6.3 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Arizona Cardinals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Jake Plummer	14/31	144	0	3	1	-17.6
Dave Brown	0/1	0	0	0	0	-2.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Michael Pittman	16	72	4.5	-0.9
Jake Plummer	4	30	7.5	0.2
David Boston	1	2	2.0	-0.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Tywan Mitchell	2	3	53	9%	2.4
Frank Sanders	4	11	47	34%	-6.3
MarTay Jenkins	2	3	22	9%	1.3
Michael Pittman	3	5	13	16%	-4.9
David Boston	1	6	12	19%	-9.4
Terry Hardy	2	4	-3	13%	-3.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Pat Tillman	8	2	0.0	0	0
Ronald McKinnon	7	1	1.0	0	0
Simeon Rice	6	0	1.0	0	0
Aeneas Williams	3	3	0.0	2	2
Rob Fredrickson	5	0	0.0	0	0
Kwamie Lassiter	2	2	0.0	0	0
Corey Chavous	4	0	0.0	0	0
James Folston	2	1	0.0	0	0
Mao Tosi	3	0	0.0	0	0
Jabari Issa	3	0	0.0	0	0

Washington Commanders

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Brad Johnson	19/32	192	1	2	2	-5.7
Todd Husak	2/2	-2	0	0	0	-1.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Stephen Davis	27	120	4.4	0	-1.5
Irving Fryar	2	16	8.0	0	0.7
Champ Bailey	1	7	7.0	1	3.1
Brad Johnson	1	5	5.0	0	0.8
Todd Husak	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.5
Adrian Murrell	1	-7	-7.0	0	-1.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Champ Bailey	2	2	54	0	6%	5.1
Stephen Alexander	3	4	35	0	13%	1.6
Larry Centers	8	8	34	0	25%	-2.5
Irving Fryar	3	4	25	1	13%	1.7
Stephen Davis	3	4	22	0	13%	0.4
Mike Sellers	1	2	14	0	6%	1.0
Albert Connell	1	6	6	0	19%	-8.7
James Thrash	0	1	0	0	3%	-1.3
Zeron Flemister	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Champ Bailey	6	0	0.0	1	4
Deion Sanders	4	0	0.0	0	0
LaVar Arrington	4	0	0.0	0	0
Shawn Barber	4	0	0.0	0	0
Sam Shade	4	0	0.0	0	0
Mark Carrier	3	0	0.0	1	2
Darrell Green	3	0	0.0	1	1
Bruce Smith	3	0	1.0	0	0
Mike Sellers	1	1	0.0	0	0
Kenard Lang	2	0	0.0	0	2

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: WAS -7
Closing total: 38.5
ARI moneyline: —
WAS moneyline: —

Commanders closed -7 and covered, winning by 17.

Total closed 38.5; the game landed 23 — under by 15.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: FedExField
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 34°F, wind 7 mph
Referee: Jeff Triplette
Rest: ARI 7 days · WAS 8 days
Coaches: Dave McGinnis vs Terry Robiskie

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.