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polling · 1800s tick · as of 12:48 AM ET · 16 to play
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Game Center
2000 Wild Card · Sat, Dec 30, 2000 · Louisiana Superdome
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 31–28 — decided on the final possessions.
-5.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Warner | 24/40 | 365 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +4.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Faulk | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 0 | −5.6 |
| Kurt Warner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | +2.4 |
| Justin Watson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Bruce | 7 | 11 | 127 | 1 | 28% | +3.4 |
| Marshall Faulk | 7 | 8 | 99 | 1 | 21% | +10.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Fletcher | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Lyght | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Lyle | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike A. Jones |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 16/29 | 266 | 4 | 1 | 2 | +9.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks |
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.
/football/games/2000_18_STL_NO
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Rams closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 55; the game landed 59 — over by 4.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Ricky Proehl | 3 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 18% | −0.8 |
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 2 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 10% | +2.7 |
| Torry Holt | 2 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 15% | −0.2 |
| Roland Williams | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 8% | +2.9 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Dexter McCleon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Moran | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Wistrom | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Agnew | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Little | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Timmerman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |
| 26 |
| 2.6 |
| 0 |
| −4.0 |
| Terry Allen | 16 | 21 | 1.3 | 0 | −7.4 |
| Chad Morton | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Jerald Moore | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Willie Jackson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Jackson | 6 | 9 | 142 | 3 | 31% | +18.3 |
| Robert Wilson | 3 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 14% | +4.8 |
| Chad Morton | 2 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 17% | −2.4 |
| Jake Reed | 3 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 21% | −1.2 |
| Andrew Glover | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10% | +0.1 |
| Terry Allen | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.1 |
| Joe Horn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −1.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Knight | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
| Kevin Mathis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fred Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darrin Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norman Hand | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Whitehead | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
