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2001 Week 7 · Mon, Oct 29, 2001 · Heinz Field
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 34–7 — never really in doubt late.
-0.6 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · PIT
6/8 for 151 yds, 0 TD
33% of team targets · 12.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve McNair | 14/23 | 175 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +0.5 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Green | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Eddie George | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 0 | −6.3 |
| Skip Hicks | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Mason | 2 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 13% | +2.2 |
| Frank Wycheck | 3 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 13% | +6.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Phenix | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Robinson | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aric Morris | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Godfrey |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 13/22 | 232 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +9.8 |
| Tommy Maddox | 1/1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.9 |
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_07_TEN_PIT
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Steelers closed -3 and covered, winning by 27.
Total closed 36; the game landed 41 — over by 5.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Steve McNair | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Drew Bennett | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 9% | +3.2 |
| Kevin Dyson | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 35% | −6.8 |
| Eddie George | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9% | +0.9 |
| Mike Green | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13% | −1.3 |
| Erron Kinney | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9% | −0.2 |
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| 1 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Samari Rolle | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Bulluck | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Favors | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevon Kearse | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 19 | 62 | 3.3 | 2 | +0.7 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | +2.4 |
| Amos Zereoue | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | −1.5 |
| Kordell Stewart | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | −0.1 |
| Kris Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Dan Kreider | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Tommy Maddox | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | −2.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 8 | 151 | 0 | 33% | +12.5 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 13% | −0.1 |
| Mark Bruener | 3 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 17% | +2.5 |
| Hines Ward | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 21% | +0.4 |
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4% | +3.1 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4% | +0.1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.3 |
| Jerame Tuman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Holmes | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dewayne Washington | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Gildon | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Simmons | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Bell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Flowers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
