TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Cleveland Browns 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.

CLE 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 Cleveland Browns 2016 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	CLE	Shift	DEN
Plays	979	—	1,197
Pass rate	67.1%	+3.9%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	60.9%	+1.4%	59.5%
Explosive rate	13.7%	+2.2%	11.5%
Success rate	38.0%	−5.3%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	63.5%	−1.6%	65.2%
12 personnel	15.9%	+2.2%	13.8%
21 personnel	11.5%	+3.9%	7.6%
13 personnel	3.5%	+0.6%	2.8%
22 personnel	4.9%	−2.1%	7.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
Other personnel	0.3%	−1.6%	1.9%

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

Cleveland Browns · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	507
21 personnel → I_Form	81
12 personnel → Singleback	68
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
11 personnel → Singleback	40
11 personnel → Empty	38
22 personnel → I_Form	26
13 personnel → Singleback	22
11 personnel → Wildcat	16
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
11 personnel → Unknown	9
22 personnel → Jumbo	9
11 personnel → Pistol	8
13 personnel → Shotgun	8
12 personnel → Pistol	7
12 personnel → Empty	6
21 personnel → Pistol	6
22 personnel → Singleback	6
12 personnel → I_Form	5
22 personnel → Wildcat	5
11 personnel → I_Form	4
21 personnel → Singleback	4
21 personnel → Wildcat	4
12 personnel → Unknown	3
12 personnel → Wildcat	2
13 personnel → Empty	2
21 personnel → Empty	2
Other → I_Form	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
12 personnel → Jumbo	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
13 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Wildcat	1
Shotgun → Pass	457
Shotgun → Run	139
Singleback → Run	80
I_Form → Run	69
Singleback → Pass	60
I_Form → Pass	50
Empty → Pass	49
Pistol → Pass	16
Wildcat → Run	15
Wildcat → Pass	13
Unknown → Pass	9
Jumbo → Run	7
Unknown → Run	7
Pistol → Run	5
Jumbo → Pass	3
Pass → Failure	406
Run → Failure	201
Pass → Success	165
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Success	73
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