TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Chicago Bears 2016 vs Denver Broncos 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

DEN 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 2016 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	CHI	Shift	DEN
Plays	958	—	1,197
Pass rate	61.6%	−1.7%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	50.3%	−9.2%	59.5%
Explosive rate	15.0%	+3.5%	11.5%
Success rate	44.4%	+1.1%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	64.9%	−0.2%	65.2%
12 personnel	23.5%	+9.7%	13.8%
21 personnel	6.8%	−0.8%	7.6%
13 personnel	3.3%	+0.5%	2.8%
22 personnel	0.0%	−7.0%	7.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
Other personnel	1.4%	−0.6%	1.9%

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

Chicago Bears · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	460
12 personnel → Singleback	135
11 personnel → Singleback	69
21 personnel → I_Form	62
11 personnel → Pistol	50
12 personnel → I_Form	35
11 personnel → Empty	29
12 personnel → Pistol	28
12 personnel → Shotgun	19
13 personnel → Singleback	19
13 personnel → I_Form	8
11 personnel → I_Form	7
Other → Other	7
11 personnel → Unknown	6
12 personnel → Empty	4
12 personnel → Unknown	4
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Other	2
Other → Empty	2
Other → I_Form	2
Other → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
21 personnel → Empty	1
21 personnel → Pistol	1
21 personnel → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	411
Singleback → Run	141
I_Form → Run	86
Singleback → Pass	82
Shotgun → Run	71
Pistol → Run	56
Empty → Pass	37
I_Form → Pass	28
Pistol → Pass	24
Other → Run	9
Unknown → Pass	7
Unknown → Run	4
Empty → Run	1
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	311
Run → Failure	222
Pass → Success	183
Run → Success	98
Pass → Explosive	96
Run → Explosive	48

Denver Broncos · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	578
11 personnel → Under Center	147
12 personnel → Under Center	92
22 personnel → Under Center	72
21 personnel → Under Center	58
12 personnel → Shotgun	56
11 personnel → Pistol	28
11 personnel → Unknown	27
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
01 personnel → Shotgun	19
13 personnel → Under Center	19
12 personnel → Pistol	15
13 personnel → Shotgun	13
Other → Under Center	12
22 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Pistol	8
12 personnel → Unknown	2
13 personnel → Pistol	2
01 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	592
Under Center → Run	295
Shotgun → Run	120
Under Center → Pass	105
Unknown → Pass	32
Pistol → Pass	28
Pistol → Run	25
Pass → Failure	428
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	233
Run → Success	147
Pass → Explosive	96
Run → Explosive	42