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Arizona Cardinals 2021 vs Carolina Panthers 2025

Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.

ARI season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

CAR season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is Arizona Cardinals 2021 minus Carolina Panthers 2025

Metric	ARI	Shift	CAR
Plays	1,163	—	1,054
Pass rate	60.2%	+0.8%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	73.9%	+14.2%	59.8%
Explosive rate	12.8%	+1.2%	11.6%
Success rate	46.3%	+3.2%	43.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	56.7%	−9.9%	66.6%
12 personnel	21.5%	+0.5%	21.0%
21 personnel	2.1%	+0.3%	1.8%
13 personnel	2.8%	−5.5%	8.3%
22 personnel	1.0%	−0.0%	1.0%
10 personnel	13.2%	+13.2%	0.0%
20 personnel	1.5%	+1.5%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.9%	−0.4%	1.3%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

Arizona Cardinals · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	544
12 personnel → Shotgun	152
10 personnel → Shotgun	117
11 personnel → Empty	73
12 personnel → Singleback	40
10 personnel → Empty	33
12 personnel → Pistol	29
11 personnel → Pistol	22
21 personnel → Shotgun	18
12 personnel → I_Form	16
20 personnel → Shotgun	14
11 personnel → Singleback	13
13 personnel → Singleback	13
12 personnel → Empty	10
Other → Empty	9
13 personnel → Shotgun	8
13 personnel → I_Form	6
22 personnel → Shotgun	5
20 personnel → Pistol	4
22 personnel → Wildcat	4
10 personnel → Pistol	3
12 personnel → Wildcat	3
21 personnel → Pistol	3
11 personnel → I_Form	2
11 personnel → Unknown	2
11 personnel → Wildcat	2
13 personnel → Other	2
21 personnel → I_Form	2
21 personnel → Wildcat	2
22 personnel → Pistol	2
Other → Shotgun	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
10 personnel → Singleback	1
11 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
13 personnel → Wildcat	1
22 personnel → I_Form	1
Shotgun → Pass	523
Shotgun → Run	337
Empty → Pass	120
Singleback → Run	46
Pistol → Run	38
Pistol → Pass	26
Singleback → Pass	21
I_Form → Run	20
Wildcat → Run	12
I_Form → Pass	7
Empty → Run	6
Other → Run	3
Unknown → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	355
Run → Failure	269
Pass → Success	244
Run → Success	146
Pass → Explosive	101
Run → Explosive	48

Carolina Panthers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	552
12 personnel → Under Center	150
11 personnel → Under Center	104
13 personnel → Under Center	79
11 personnel → Pistol	45
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
12 personnel → Pistol	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Under Center	10
13 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	507
Under Center → Run	256
Shotgun → Run	123
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	49
Pistol → Pass	29
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	247
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	145
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	36