TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2017
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 New Orleans Saints 2017
| Metric | DAL | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,101 | — | 1,098 |
| Pass rate | 61.9% | +4.0% | 57.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 60.7% | +25.0% | 35.7% |
| Explosive rate | 12.9% | −2.7% | 15.6% |
| Success rate | 46.5% | +0.2% | 46.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 67.8% | +17.7% | 50.1% |
| 12 personnel | 17.3% | −4.3% | 21.6% |
| 21 personnel | 8.1% | −5.3% | 13.4% |
| 13 personnel | 1.6% | −1.5% | 3.1% |
| 22 personnel | 3.5% | −0.6% | 4.1% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −2.8% | 2.8% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −3.9% | 3.9% |
| 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
| 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 · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 270 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 172 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 155 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 94 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 80 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 28 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 27 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 14 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 345 |
| Singleback → Run | 283 |
| Empty → Pass | 130 |
| I_Form → Run | 107 |
| Singleback → Pass | 91 |
| I_Form → Pass | 53 |
| Shotgun → Run | 47 |
| Jumbo → Run | 18 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 312 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 131 |
| Pass → Explosive | 117 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |