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Chicago Bears 2018 vs Dallas Cowboys 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.

CHI season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DAL 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 Chicago Bears 2018 minus Dallas Cowboys 2025

Metric	CHI	Shift	DAL
Plays	1,057	—	1,101
Pass rate	59.4%	−2.4%	61.9%
Shotgun rate	70.8%	+10.1%	60.7%
Explosive rate	11.2%	−1.7%	12.9%
Success rate	45.2%	−1.3%	46.5%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	62.6%	−5.1%	67.8%
12 personnel	17.5%	+0.2%	17.3%
21 personnel	12.6%	+4.5%	8.1%
13 personnel	2.0%	+0.4%	1.6%
22 personnel	1.1%	−2.3%	3.5%
31 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	2.6%	+0.9%	1.7%

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

Chicago Bears · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	511
12 personnel → Shotgun	110
21 personnel → Shotgun	96
11 personnel → Singleback	76
11 personnel → Empty	59
12 personnel → Singleback	51
12 personnel → I_Form	13
21 personnel → Singleback	13
Other → Shotgun	13
31 personnel → Shotgun	11
12 personnel → Empty	9
22 personnel → I_Form	9
21 personnel → Empty	8
21 personnel → I_Form	8
13 personnel → Singleback	7
11 personnel → Unknown	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	6
21 personnel → Other	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
13 personnel → Empty	5
Other → Singleback	5
11 personnel → Other	4
Other → Jumbo	4
13 personnel → Jumbo	3
22 personnel → Jumbo	3
Other → Empty	3
21 personnel → Unknown	2
Unknown → Singleback	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Other	1
31 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → I_Form	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Unknown	1
Unknown → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	487
Shotgun → Run	261
Singleback → Run	120
Empty → Pass	82
Singleback → Pass	34
I_Form → Run	23
I_Form → Pass	13
Jumbo → Run	10
Other → Run	8
Unknown → Pass	6
Unknown → Run	5
Other → Pass	4
Empty → Run	2
Jumbo → Pass	2
Pass → Failure	326
Run → Failure	253
Pass → Success	221
Run → Success	139
Pass → Explosive	81
Run → Explosive	37

Dallas Cowboys · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	599
12 personnel → Under Center	144
11 personnel → Under Center	139
21 personnel → Under Center	66
12 personnel → Shotgun	46
22 personnel → Under Center	36
13 personnel → Under Center	16
21 personnel → Pistol	12
21 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Under Center	9
Other → Shotgun	8
11 personnel → Pistol	7
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
Other → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	527
Under Center → Run	267
Under Center → Pass	143
Shotgun → Run	141
Pistol → Run	11
Pistol → Pass	10
Unknown → Pass	1
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	237
Pass → Success	226
Run → Success	144
Pass → Explosive	103
Run → Explosive	39