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Atlanta Falcons 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2017

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

NO 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 2025 minus New Orleans Saints 2017

Metric	ATL	Shift	NO
Plays	1,032	—	1,098
Pass rate	56.5%	−1.3%	57.8%
Shotgun rate	47.6%	+11.9%	35.7%
Explosive rate	13.0%	−2.6%	15.6%
Success rate	43.7%	−2.6%	46.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	45.5%	−4.5%	50.1%
12 personnel	37.7%	+16.1%	21.6%
21 personnel	9.3%	−4.1%	13.4%
13 personnel	7.0%	+3.9%	3.1%
22 personnel	0.0%	−4.1%	4.1%
10 personnel	0.0%	−2.8%	2.8%
20 personnel	0.0%	−3.9%	3.9%
Other personnel	0.5%	−0.2%	0.7%

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

Atlanta Falcons · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	327
12 personnel → Pistol	165
11 personnel → Pistol	114
12 personnel → Under Center	113
12 personnel → Shotgun	111
13 personnel → Under Center	50
21 personnel → Shotgun	49
21 personnel → Pistol	42
11 personnel → Under Center	28
13 personnel → Pistol	19
21 personnel → Under Center	5
13 personnel → Shotgun	3
Other → Pistol	2
Other → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	448
Pistol → Run	268
Under Center → Run	137
Pistol → Pass	74
Under Center → Pass	61
Shotgun → Run	43
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	319
Run → Failure	262
Pass → Success	181
Run → Success	136
Pass → Explosive	83
Run → Explosive	51

New Orleans Saints · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	270
11 personnel → Singleback	172
12 personnel → Singleback	155
21 personnel → I_Form	94
11 personnel → Empty	80
12 personnel → Shotgun	38
20 personnel → Shotgun	36
21 personnel → Shotgun	28
13 personnel → Singleback	27
12 personnel → I_Form	20
22 personnel → I_Form	20
11 personnel → I_Form	18
12 personnel → Empty	16
10 personnel → Empty	14
10 personnel → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Jumbo	13
21 personnel → Empty	12
21 personnel → Singleback	9
11 personnel → Other	7
12 personnel → Jumbo	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
Other → Empty	5
10 personnel → Singleback	4
22 personnel → Shotgun	4
11 personnel → Unknown	3
12 personnel → Unknown	3
13 personnel → I_Form	3
20 personnel → I_Form	3
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
20 personnel → Singleback	2
21 personnel → Jumbo	2
Other → I_Form	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Empty	1
20 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Jumbo	1
Shotgun → Pass	345
Singleback → Run	283
Empty → Pass	130
I_Form → Run	107
Singleback → Pass	91
I_Form → Pass	53
Shotgun → Run	47
Jumbo → Run	18
Other → Pass	7
Unknown → Pass	6
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	3
Other → Run	3
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	312
Run → Failure	278
Pass → Success	206
Run → Success	131
Pass → Explosive	117
Run → Explosive	54