2000 Wild Card · Sun, Dec 31, 2000 · PSINet Stadium
FinalDenver Broncos 3 at Baltimore Ravens 21. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Wild Card · Sun, Dec 31, 2000 · PSINet Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Baltimore Ravens 21–3 — never really in doubt late. Played in 20.8 mph wind — weigh that when reading the passing lines.
-6.0 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 | 13/28 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 4 | −7.5 |
| Jarious Jackson | 5/10 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −3.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | −6.0 |
| Rod Smith | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | −1.2 |
| Gus Frerotte |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McCaffrey | 8 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 39% | −3.9 |
| Rod Smith | 3 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 21% | +1.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jenkins | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brown |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Dilfer | 9/14 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.1 |
| Tony Banks | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.1 |
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
Ravens closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 41; the game landed 24 — under by 17.0.
Conditions and crew
Wind at 20.8 mph is the kind that drags passing depth and kicking range — weigh it when reading the splits.
| 1 |
| -1 |
| -1.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.0 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8% | +0.8 |
| Mike Anderson | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5% | +0.1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13% | −1.2 |
| Travis McGriff | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | −0.3 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8% | −1.2 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harald Hasselbach | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavika Pittman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Lewis | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 2 | −1.6 |
| Priest Holmes | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Jermaine Lewis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Trent Dilfer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Tony Banks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Sharpe | 3 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 27% | +5.6 |
| Qadry Ismail | 4 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 40% | +0.4 |
| Jamal Lewis | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 20% | −0.5 |
| Sam Gash | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7% | +0.3 |
| Jermaine Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lewis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Boulware | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris McAlister | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael McCrary | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Woodson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Burnett | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Starks | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Trapp | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim Herring | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |