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Dallas Cowboys 2018 vs Carolina Panthers 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

CAR 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 Carolina Panthers 2025

Metric	DAL	Shift	CAR
Plays	1,128	—	1,054
Pass rate	60.3%	+0.9%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	51.2%	−8.6%	59.8%
Explosive rate	12.9%	+1.3%	11.6%
Success rate	43.6%	+0.4%	43.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	68.4%	+1.8%	66.6%
12 personnel	14.6%	−6.3%	21.0%
21 personnel	7.1%	+5.3%	1.8%
13 personnel	3.9%	−4.4%	8.3%
22 personnel	2.2%	+1.2%	1.0%
10 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.9%	+0.5%	1.3%

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

Carolina Panthers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	552
12 personnel → Under Center	150
11 personnel → Under Center	104
13 personnel → Under Center	79
11 personnel → Pistol	45
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
12 personnel → Pistol	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Under Center	10
13 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	507
Under Center → Run	256
Shotgun → Run	123
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	49
Pistol → Pass	29
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	247
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	145
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	36