2001 Week 8 · Sun, Nov 4, 2001 · Sun Devil Stadium
FinalPhiladelphia Eagles 21 at Arizona Cardinals 7. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 8 · Sun, Nov 4, 2001 · Sun Devil Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Philadelphia Eagles 21–7.
-11.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan McNabb | 19/33 | 238 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Donovan McNabb | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | −0.3 |
| James Thrash | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | +1.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Thrash | 4 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 19% | +7.2 |
| Freddie Mitchell | 4 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 16% | +5.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Moore | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hugh Douglas | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dawkins | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Taylor |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 24/41 | 293 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman |
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
Eagles closed -7 and covered, winning by 14.
Total closed 39.5; the game landed 28 — under by 11.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Correll Buckhalter | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Chad Lewis | 4 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 19% | +0.8 |
| Cecil Martin | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6% | +0.3 |
| Todd Pinkston | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 25% | −4.1 |
| Jeff Thomason | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3% | −0.2 |
| Jamie Reader | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | −1.3 |
| Correll Buckhalter | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 6% | −1.5 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Mike Caldwell | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Trotter | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Vincent | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carlos Emmons | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Reese | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hollis Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |
| 43 |
| 2.4 |
| 0 |
| −11.2 |
| Thomas Jones | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 8 | 13 | 138 | 0 | 32% | +5.4 |
| Frank Sanders | 6 | 12 | 87 | 0 | 29% | +2.4 |
| Michael Pittman | 5 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 15% | +0.6 |
| MarTay Jenkins | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 12% | +0.0 |
| Tywan Mitchell | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 12% | −0.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McKinnon | 3 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raynoch Thompson | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kwamie Lassiter | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Renaldo Hill | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Wakefield | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcus Bell | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |