TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2020
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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Dallas Cowboys 2025 minus Detroit Lions 2020
| Metric | DAL | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,101 | — | 978 |
| Pass rate | 61.9% | −3.1% | 64.9% |
| Shotgun rate | 60.7% | +7.7% | 53.0% |
| Explosive rate | 12.9% | −1.6% | 14.5% |
| Success rate | 46.5% | +2.2% | 44.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 67.8% | +0.9% | 66.9% |
| 12 personnel | 17.3% | +1.4% | 15.8% |
| 21 personnel | 8.1% | +8.1% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 1.6% | −1.1% | 2.8% |
| 22 personnel | 3.5% | +3.5% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | −0.5% | 2.2% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Dallas Cowboys · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 599 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 144 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 139 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 66 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 46 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 36 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 527 |
| Under Center → Run | 267 |
| Under Center → Pass | 143 |
| Shotgun → Run | 141 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 352 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 226 |
| Run → Success | 144 |
| Pass → Explosive | 103 |
| Run → Explosive | 39 |
Detroit Lions · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 459 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 120 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 105 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 97 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 64 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 18 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 12 |
| Other → Empty | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 4 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Singleback | 3 |
| Unknown → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 422 |
| Singleback → Run | 153 |
| Singleback → Pass | 97 |
| Shotgun → Run | 96 |
| Empty → Pass | 85 |
| I_Form → Run | 76 |
| I_Form → Pass | 26 |
| Jumbo → Run | 10 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 330 |
| Run → Failure | 215 |
| Pass → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 115 |
| Run → Success | 101 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |