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Carolina Panthers 2025 vs Minnesota Vikings 2016

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.

CAR season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

MIN 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 Carolina Panthers 2025 minus Minnesota Vikings 2016

Metric	CAR	Shift	MIN
Plays	1,054	—	991
Pass rate	59.4%	−4.6%	64.0%
Shotgun rate	59.8%	+1.5%	58.2%
Explosive rate	11.6%	+0.5%	11.1%
Success rate	43.2%	+1.1%	42.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	66.6%	+3.6%	63.0%
12 personnel	21.0%	+6.5%	14.4%
21 personnel	1.8%	−7.9%	9.7%
13 personnel	8.3%	+6.1%	2.1%
22 personnel	1.0%	−6.6%	7.7%
20 personnel	0.0%	−2.2%	2.2%
Other personnel	1.3%	+0.4%	0.9%

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

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

Minnesota Vikings · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	504
11 personnel → Singleback	70
21 personnel → I_Form	64
12 personnel → Singleback	63
12 personnel → Shotgun	54
22 personnel → I_Form	49
11 personnel → Empty	37
13 personnel → Singleback	17
20 personnel → I_Form	13
22 personnel → Jumbo	12
21 personnel → Shotgun	11
21 personnel → Wildcat	10
12 personnel → I_Form	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
12 personnel → Jumbo	5
20 personnel → Wildcat	5
22 personnel → Pistol	5
11 personnel → I_Form	4
12 personnel → Empty	4
12 personnel → Pistol	4
12 personnel → Wildcat	4
20 personnel → Shotgun	4
22 personnel → Wildcat	4
11 personnel → Unknown	3
13 personnel → I_Form	3
21 personnel → Jumbo	3
21 personnel → Singleback	3
22 personnel → Singleback	3
Other → Shotgun	3
12 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Empty	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
Other → I_Form	2
Other → Wildcat	2
13 personnel → Empty	1
21 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Empty	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	486
I_Form → Run	108
Singleback → Run	107
Shotgun → Run	91
Singleback → Pass	50
Empty → Pass	46
I_Form → Pass	34
Wildcat → Run	24
Jumbo → Run	15
Pistol → Run	9
Pistol → Pass	7
Jumbo → Pass	5
Unknown → Pass	5
Unknown → Run	3
Wildcat → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	333
Run → Failure	241
Pass → Success	211
Run → Success	96
Pass → Explosive	90
Run → Explosive	20