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Atlanta Falcons 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2022

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 2022

Metric	ATL	Shift	NO
Plays	1,032	—	1,001
Pass rate	56.5%	+0.3%	56.1%
Shotgun rate	47.6%	−0.6%	48.2%
Explosive rate	13.0%	+0.4%	12.6%
Success rate	43.7%	−1.9%	45.6%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	45.5%	−6.3%	51.8%
12 personnel	37.7%	+10.4%	27.3%
21 personnel	9.3%	+3.8%	5.5%
13 personnel	7.0%	−2.3%	9.3%
22 personnel	0.0%	−3.0%	3.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−1.1%	1.1%
Other personnel	0.5%	−1.5%	2.0%

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 · 2022

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	380
12 personnel → Singleback	122
11 personnel → Singleback	111
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
13 personnel → Wildcat	49
12 personnel → Wildcat	48
21 personnel → I_Form	25
13 personnel → Singleback	24
21 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Wildcat	19
12 personnel → I_Form	18
11 personnel → Empty	16
12 personnel → Empty	16
Other → Wildcat	10
10 personnel → Singleback	9
13 personnel → I_Form	9
Other → Shotgun	9
11 personnel → Pistol	7
13 personnel → Shotgun	7
22 personnel → I_Form	7
21 personnel → Singleback	5
12 personnel → Pistol	4
11 personnel → I_Form	3
13 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Wildcat	2
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Wildcat	2
22 personnel → Other	2
12 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
21 personnel → Empty	1
21 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
22 personnel → Singleback	1
Other → Empty	1
Shotgun → Pass	419
Singleback → Run	193
Wildcat → Run	109
Singleback → Pass	79
Shotgun → Run	63
I_Form → Run	52
Empty → Pass	30
Wildcat → Pass	21
Pistol → Run	11
I_Form → Pass	10
Empty → Run	7
Other → Run	4
Pistol → Pass	3
Pass → Failure	289
Run → Failure	256
Pass → Success	190
Run → Success	140
Pass → Explosive	83
Run → Explosive	43