TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2023
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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2023
| Metric | DAL | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,101 | — | 1,067 |
| Pass rate | 61.9% | +5.2% | 56.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 60.7% | −7.6% | 68.2% |
| Explosive rate | 12.9% | +1.8% | 11.1% |
| Success rate | 46.5% | +4.6% | 41.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 67.8% | −5.4% | 73.2% |
| 12 personnel | 17.3% | −1.4% | 18.7% |
| 21 personnel | 8.1% | +6.7% | 1.4% |
| 13 personnel | 1.6% | −3.7% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 3.5% | +3.5% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +0.3% | 1.4% |
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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 614 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 96 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 91 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 46 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| Other → Under Center | 12 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 545 |
| Under Center → Run | 256 |
| Shotgun → Run | 183 |
| Under Center → Pass | 56 |
| Pistol → Run | 21 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pistol → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Run → Failure | 273 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 136 |
| Pass → Explosive | 65 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |