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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Paul Brown Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Cincinnati Bengals 23–17.
3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 22/38 | 241 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +6.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | −3.2 |
| Marc Edwards | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | −1.5 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown | 7 | 7 | 106 | 1 | 18% | +11.7 |
| David Patten | 3 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 18% | +0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Stevens | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roman Phifer | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 18/27 | 204 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +0.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Dillon |
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/2001_01_NE_CIN
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Pick'em at close — Bengals won by 6.
Total closed 36; the game landed 40 — over by 4.0.
Conditions and crew
| Drew Bledsoe | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Bert Emanuel | 4 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 24% | −0.9 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 13% | −0.7 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 3 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 13% | +0.0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | +1.1 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | −0.2 |
| Antowain Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.5 |
| Marc Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −1.7 |
| 4 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Ty Law | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |
| 104 |
| 4.3 |
| 1 |
| +1.1 |
| Brandon Bennett | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | +3.0 |
| Peter Warrick | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | +1.4 |
| Jon Kitna | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | −2.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnay Scott | 5 | 9 | 104 | 0 | 33% | +4.9 |
| Peter Warrick | 7 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 33% | −2.0 |
| Corey Dillon | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 15% | +0.9 |
| Tony McGee | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 7% | +2.0 |
| Ron Dugans | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7% | −0.4 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artrell Hawkins | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeo Spikes | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Carter | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Simmons | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vaughn Booker | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Rodney Heath | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Williams | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reinard Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jevon Langford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
