TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Chicago Bears 2021 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 2021 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	CHI	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,063	—	1,197
Pass rate	61.6%	−1.6%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	55.8%	−3.7%	59.5%
Explosive rate	11.8%	+0.2%	11.5%
Success rate	41.1%	−2.2%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	65.1%	−0.1%	65.2%
12 personnel	24.0%	+10.2%	13.8%
21 personnel	1.3%	−6.3%	7.6%
13 personnel	6.4%	+3.6%	2.8%
22 personnel	0.0%	−7.0%	7.0%
10 personnel	1.5%	+1.5%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
Other personnel	1.7%	−0.2%	1.9%

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

Chicago Bears · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	478
12 personnel → Singleback	138
11 personnel → Singleback	134
12 personnel → Shotgun	90
11 personnel → Empty	60
13 personnel → Singleback	39
13 personnel → Empty	11
13 personnel → Shotgun	11
12 personnel → Empty	10
10 personnel → Singleback	9
11 personnel → Other	8
12 personnel → I_Form	8
Other → Empty	7
11 personnel → Wildcat	6
10 personnel → Shotgun	5
21 personnel → Shotgun	5
Other → Wildcat	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
12 personnel → Wildcat	4
13 personnel → I_Form	4
21 personnel → I_Form	4
21 personnel → Singleback	4
Other → Shotgun	4
12 personnel → Other	3
13 personnel → Wildcat	3
10 personnel → Empty	2
11 personnel → I_Form	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Other	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	444
Singleback → Run	218
Shotgun → Run	149
Singleback → Pass	107
Empty → Pass	88
Wildcat → Run	16
I_Form → Run	13
Other → Run	8
I_Form → Pass	5
Other → Pass	5
Unknown → Pass	4
Empty → Run	2
Unknown → Run	2
Wildcat → Pass	2
Pass → Failure	373
Run → Failure	253
Pass → Success	195
Run → Success	117
Pass → Explosive	87
Run → Explosive	38

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