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2001 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 30, 2001 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Chicago Bears 24–0 — never really in doubt late.
-1.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 17/30 | 252 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +10.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Thomas | 25 | 76 | 3.0 | 0 | −6.7 |
| James Allen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Jim Miller | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Booker | 9 | 11 | 115 | 0 | 37% | +6.6 |
| D'Wayne Bates | 4 | 6 | 107 | 1 | 20% | +9.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.W. McQuarters | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warrick Holdman | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Urlacher | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Azumah |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Detmer | 31/51 | 303 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −18.8 |
| Lamont Warren | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −4.4 |
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_16_CHI_DET
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Bears closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 24.
Total closed 38.5; the game landed 24 — under by 14.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| David Terrell | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 7% | +3.4 |
| Fred Baxter | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 13% | −1.8 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.2 |
| Daimon Shelton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Ahmad Merritt | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13% | −4.0 |
| 6 |
| 0 |
| 2.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bryan Robinson | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Daniels | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Harris | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Alfonso Boone | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Parrish | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont Warren | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | −1.2 |
| Ty Detmer | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | +2.1 |
| Aveion Cason | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Brock Olivo | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Desmond Howard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Morton | 7 | 12 | 95 | 0 | 24% | +4.4 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 11 | 14 | 67 | 0 | 27% | −7.6 |
| David Sloan | 6 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 16% | +3.4 |
| Bert Emanuel | 2 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 12% | −7.1 |
| Desmond Howard | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 6% | +1.4 |
| Lamont Warren | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8% | −1.9 |
| Larry Foster | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8% | −11.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Williams | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Claiborne | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Porcher | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lamar Campbell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kurt Schulz | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Backus | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Olivo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
