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Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2016

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

NO 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 2025 minus New Orleans Saints 2016

Metric	DAL	Shift	NO
Plays	1,101	—	1,086
Pass rate	61.9%	−2.3%	64.2%
Shotgun rate	60.7%	+20.1%	40.6%
Explosive rate	12.9%	−0.7%	13.6%
Success rate	46.5%	−1.7%	48.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	67.8%	+5.0%	62.8%
12 personnel	17.3%	+4.4%	12.9%
21 personnel	8.1%	−3.9%	12.0%
13 personnel	1.6%	+0.5%	1.1%
22 personnel	3.5%	+0.2%	3.2%
10 personnel	0.0%	−4.1%	4.1%
20 personnel	0.0%	−3.2%	3.2%
Other personnel	1.7%	+1.0%	0.7%

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

Dallas Cowboys · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
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

New Orleans Saints · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	353
11 personnel → Singleback	202
11 personnel → Empty	100
12 personnel → Singleback	86
21 personnel → I_Form	81
12 personnel → Shotgun	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
10 personnel → Singleback	22
10 personnel → Shotgun	20
20 personnel → I_Form	19
12 personnel → Empty	16
22 personnel → Jumbo	15
21 personnel → Singleback	12
11 personnel → I_Form	11
11 personnel → Pistol	10
21 personnel → Empty	9
13 personnel → Singleback	8
20 personnel → Shotgun	8
22 personnel → I_Form	7
20 personnel → Singleback	6
22 personnel → Shotgun	6
Other → Empty	6
11 personnel → Unknown	5
12 personnel → I_Form	5
12 personnel → Jumbo	4
22 personnel → Singleback	4
22 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Pistol	2
12 personnel → Pistol	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
21 personnel → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	374
Singleback → Run	219
Empty → Pass	137
Singleback → Pass	121
I_Form → Run	76
Shotgun → Run	67
I_Form → Pass	48
Jumbo → Run	18
Pistol → Pass	9
Pistol → Run	7
Unknown → Pass	6
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	339
Pass → Success	247
Run → Failure	224
Run → Success	128
Pass → Explosive	111
Run → Explosive	37