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Dallas Cowboys 2018 vs Miami Dolphins 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

MIA 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 Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	DAL	Shift	MIA
Plays	1,128	—	939
Pass rate	60.3%	+3.8%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	51.2%	−1.9%	53.0%
Explosive rate	12.9%	−1.0%	13.8%
Success rate	43.6%	+1.7%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	68.4%	+29.8%	38.7%
12 personnel	14.6%	+3.4%	11.2%
21 personnel	7.1%	−22.1%	29.2%
13 personnel	3.9%	+3.9%	0.0%
22 personnel	2.2%	−5.8%	8.0%
10 personnel	1.1%	−4.2%	5.2%
20 personnel	0.0%	−6.2%	6.2%
Other personnel	1.9%	+0.3%	1.6%

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

Miami Dolphins · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	265
21 personnel → Under Center	136
21 personnel → Shotgun	77
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
21 personnel → Pistol	61
11 personnel → Pistol	51
11 personnel → Under Center	47
10 personnel → Shotgun	42
22 personnel → Under Center	32
20 personnel → Under Center	28
12 personnel → Pistol	27
22 personnel → Shotgun	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Pistol	18
12 personnel → Under Center	14
20 personnel → Pistol	11
Other → Pistol	6
Other → Shotgun	6
10 personnel → Pistol	4
10 personnel → Under Center	3
Other → Under Center	3
Shotgun → Pass	391
Under Center → Run	174
Pistol → Run	128
Shotgun → Run	107
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Pass	50
Pass → Failure	300
Run → Failure	245
Pass → Success	154
Run → Success	110
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	54