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Atlanta Falcons 2017 vs Detroit Lions 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.

ATL season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DET 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 Atlanta Falcons 2017 minus Detroit Lions 2025

Metric	ATL	Shift	DET
Plays	1,099	—	1,050
Pass rate	58.4%	−1.0%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	33.1%	−18.3%	51.4%
Explosive rate	14.4%	−0.2%	14.6%
Success rate	43.9%	−1.3%	45.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	48.9%	−13.3%	62.2%
12 personnel	22.1%	−3.1%	25.2%
21 personnel	17.7%	+14.3%	3.3%
13 personnel	1.8%	−3.1%	5.0%
22 personnel	2.6%	+2.6%	0.0%
10 personnel	2.7%	+0.8%	1.9%
20 personnel	3.7%	+1.6%	2.1%
Other personnel	0.4%	+0.2%	0.2%

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

Atlanta Falcons · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	303
12 personnel → Singleback	208
11 personnel → Singleback	162
21 personnel → I_Form	156
11 personnel → Empty	56
10 personnel → Shotgun	23
22 personnel → I_Form	23
20 personnel → I_Form	21
12 personnel → Shotgun	15
13 personnel → Singleback	15
21 personnel → Shotgun	12
20 personnel → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Singleback	10
12 personnel → Empty	8
20 personnel → Empty	8
12 personnel → Jumbo	7
21 personnel → Empty	7
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Other	5
11 personnel → Pistol	5
10 personnel → Empty	4
21 personnel → Pistol	4
12 personnel → Pistol	3
22 personnel → Jumbo	3
Other → Empty	3
10 personnel → Singleback	2
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Jumbo	2
21 personnel → Other	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
10 personnel → Pistol	1
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
20 personnel → Pistol	1
20 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	313
Singleback → Run	247
Singleback → Pass	152
I_Form → Run	128
Empty → Pass	88
I_Form → Pass	78
Shotgun → Run	51
Jumbo → Run	9
Pistol → Run	9
Other → Run	7
Pistol → Pass	5
Unknown → Run	5
Jumbo → Pass	4
Empty → Run	1
Other → Pass	1
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	329
Run → Failure	287
Pass → Success	204
Run → Success	121
Pass → Explosive	109
Run → Explosive	49

Detroit Lions · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	443
12 personnel → Under Center	213
11 personnel → Under Center	209
12 personnel → Shotgun	51
13 personnel → Under Center	48
20 personnel → Shotgun	21
21 personnel → Under Center	17
10 personnel → Under Center	16
21 personnel → Shotgun	16
10 personnel → Shotgun	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	3
21 personnel → Other	2
11 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Other	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Under Center	1
Unknown → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	455
Under Center → Run	337
Under Center → Pass	167
Shotgun → Run	85
Other → Run	3
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	322
Run → Failure	253
Pass → Success	191
Run → Success	131
Pass → Explosive	111
Run → Explosive	42