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Dallas Cowboys 2018 vs Buffalo Bills 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.

DAL season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

BUF 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 Dallas Cowboys 2018 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	DAL	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,128	—	1,194
Pass rate	60.3%	+4.3%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	51.2%	+1.4%	49.7%
Explosive rate	12.9%	−2.5%	15.3%
Success rate	43.6%	−5.2%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	68.4%	+6.1%	62.3%
12 personnel	14.6%	+3.2%	11.5%
21 personnel	7.1%	−1.8%	8.9%
13 personnel	3.9%	−1.4%	5.3%
22 personnel	2.2%	−8.8%	11.0%
10 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.9%	+0.8%	1.1%

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

Dallas Cowboys · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	522
11 personnel → Singleback	153
12 personnel → Singleback	118
21 personnel → I_Form	67
11 personnel → Empty	63
13 personnel → Singleback	40
12 personnel → Shotgun	31
11 personnel → Unknown	19
Other → Empty	18
22 personnel → I_Form	16
11 personnel → I_Form	10
12 personnel → I_Form	10
10 personnel → Shotgun	9
21 personnel → Shotgun	9
22 personnel → Other	7
Unknown → Singleback	6
11 personnel → Other	5
12 personnel → Empty	5
10 personnel → Singleback	2
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
21 personnel → Empty	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Shotgun	2
Unknown → Shotgun	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
12 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Singleback	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	452
Singleback → Run	233
Shotgun → Run	125
Empty → Pass	90
Singleback → Pass	89
I_Form → Run	67
I_Form → Pass	36
Other → Run	11
Unknown → Run	11
Unknown → Pass	10
Other → Pass	3
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	373
Run → Failure	263
Pass → Success	219
Run → Success	128
Pass → Explosive	88
Run → Explosive	57

Buffalo Bills · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	510
11 personnel → Under Center	227
22 personnel → Under Center	123
12 personnel → Under Center	92
21 personnel → Under Center	83
13 personnel → Under Center	57
12 personnel → Shotgun	43
21 personnel → Shotgun	16
Other → Shotgun	11
22 personnel → Shotgun	8
21 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	6
Other → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Pistol	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	488
Under Center → Run	413
Under Center → Pass	171
Shotgun → Run	106
Pistol → Pass	10
Pistol → Run	4
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	338
Run → Failure	273
Pass → Success	210
Run → Success	190
Pass → Explosive	121
Run → Explosive	62