2000 Week 17 · Sat, Dec 23, 2000 · Husky Stadium
FinalBuffalo Bills 42 at Seattle Seahawks 23. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 17 · Sat, Dec 23, 2000 · Husky Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Buffalo Bills 42–23 — never really in doubt late.
-1.1 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · BUF
8/10 for 132 yds, 1 TD
40% of team targets · 12.0 expected points added
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 20/25 | 366 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +32.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 17 | 147 | 8.6 | 3 | +6.1 |
| Doug Flutie | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | −3.3 |
| Jonathan Linton | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | −3.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peerless Price | 8 | 10 | 132 | 1 | 40% | +12.0 |
| Eric Moulds | 4 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 20% | +7.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Foreman | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Watson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Jones | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travares Tillman |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 18/29 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −7.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Watters |
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
Seahawks closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 42.5; the game landed 65 — over by 22.5.
Conditions and crew
| Shawn Bryson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | +1.9 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 2 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 8% | +5.4 |
| Kwame Cavil | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 4% | +2.4 |
| Jay Riemersma | 3 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 16% | +3.8 |
| Shawn Bryson | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4% | +2.3 |
| Antowain Smith | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4% | −0.1 |
| Jonathan Linton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.4 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Raion Hill | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Holecek | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Newman | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Wiley | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Flowers | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Jones | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |
| 67 |
| 3.9 |
| 1 |
| −1.1 |
| Shaun Alexander | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | +3.1 |
| Jon Kitna | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | +2.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Watters | 5 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 32% | −2.3 |
| Darrell Jackson | 3 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 14% | −0.6 |
| Karsten Bailey | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 7% | +2.9 |
| Christian Fauria | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11% | +2.1 |
| Derrick Mayes | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 14% | +0.2 |
| Sean Dawkins | 2 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 14% | +1.5 |
| Mack Strong | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4% | −0.2 |
| Itula Mili | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Springs | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Simmons | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Brown | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Charlton | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortez Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Miranda | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Kacyvenski | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Kitna | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |