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Dallas Cowboys 2021 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 2021 minus Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	DAL	Shift	MIA
Plays	1,202	—	939
Pass rate	62.6%	+6.1%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	48.3%	−4.7%	53.0%
Explosive rate	13.4%	−0.5%	13.8%
Success rate	46.5%	+4.5%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	67.6%	+29.0%	38.7%
12 personnel	24.5%	+13.4%	11.2%
21 personnel	2.2%	−27.0%	29.2%
13 personnel	1.6%	+1.6%	0.0%
22 personnel	0.0%	−8.0%	8.0%
10 personnel	1.9%	−3.3%	5.2%
20 personnel	0.0%	−6.2%	6.2%
Other personnel	2.0%	+0.4%	1.6%

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

Dallas Cowboys · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	510
12 personnel → Singleback	204
11 personnel → Singleback	189
11 personnel → Empty	94
12 personnel → Shotgun	48
10 personnel → Singleback	17
12 personnel → Empty	16
12 personnel → I_Form	13
21 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Empty	11
11 personnel → Pistol	10
21 personnel → Singleback	10
13 personnel → Jumbo	9
13 personnel → Singleback	8
10 personnel → Shotgun	6
12 personnel → Pistol	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
Other → Shotgun	5
11 personnel → Unknown	3
12 personnel → Jumbo	3
12 personnel → Other	3
Other → Jumbo	3
11 personnel → Jumbo	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → I_Form	2
21 personnel → Other	2
Other → I_Form	2
Other → Pistol	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
13 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Empty	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	468
Singleback → Run	291
Singleback → Pass	137
Empty → Pass	121
Shotgun → Run	113
Jumbo → Run	14
I_Form → Run	13
I_Form → Pass	9
Pistol → Pass	9
Pistol → Run	9
Other → Run	6
Unknown → Pass	4
Jumbo → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	3
Empty → Run	1
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	382
Run → Failure	261
Pass → Success	257
Run → Success	141
Pass → Explosive	113
Run → Explosive	48

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