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Dallas Cowboys 2021 vs San Francisco 49ers 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.

Play-calling ledger · the shift is Dallas Cowboys 2021 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025
MetricDALShiftSF
Plays1,2021,175
Pass rate62.6%+3.2%59.4%
Shotgun rate48.3%−4.1%52.4%
Explosive rate13.4%+1.9%11.5%
Success rate46.5%−1.2%47.7%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel67.6%+24.1%43.5%
12 personnel24.5%+13.8%10.7%
21 personnel2.2%−35.1%37.3%
13 personnel1.6%+1.6%0.0%
22 personnel0.0%−7.6%7.6%
10 personnel1.9%+1.9%0.0%
Other personnel2.0%+1.1%0.9%

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

Dallas Cowboys · 2021
PersonnelFormationRun / PassOutcome1112211013OtherUnknownShotgunSinglebackEmptyRunPassExplosiveSuccessFailure
Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnelShotgun510
12 personnelSingleback204
11 personnelSingleback189
11 personnelEmpty94
12 personnelShotgun48
10 personnelSingleback17
12 personnelEmpty16
12 personnelI_Form13
21 personnelShotgun11
OtherEmpty11
11 personnelPistol10
21 personnelSingleback10
13 personnelJumbo9
13 personnelSingleback8
10 personnelShotgun6
12 personnelPistol6
11 personnelI_Form5
OtherShotgun5
11 personnelUnknown3
12 personnelJumbo3
12 personnelOther3
OtherJumbo3
11 personnelJumbo2
12 personnelUnknown2
21 personnelI_Form2
21 personnelOther2
OtherI_Form2
OtherPistol2
13 personnelShotgun1
13 personnelUnknown1
21 personnelEmpty1
OtherOther1
UnknownOther1
UnknownUnknown1
ShotgunPass468
SinglebackRun291
SinglebackPass137
EmptyPass121
ShotgunRun113
JumboRun14
I_FormRun13
I_FormPass9
PistolPass9
PistolRun9
OtherRun6
UnknownPass4
JumboPass3
UnknownRun3
EmptyRun1
OtherPass1
PassFailure382
RunFailure261
PassSuccess257
RunSuccess141
PassExplosive113
RunExplosive48
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
PersonnelFormationRun / PassOutcome11211222OtherShotgunUnder CenterPistolRunPassExplosiveSuccessFailure
Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnelShotgun395
21 personnelUnder Center260
21 personnelShotgun164
11 personnelUnder Center108
12 personnelUnder Center88
22 personnelUnder Center67
12 personnelShotgun35
22 personnelShotgun20
21 personnelPistol14
OtherUnder Center9
11 personnelPistol7
12 personnelPistol3
22 personnelPistol2
OtherShotgun2
11 personnelUnknown1
ShotgunPass511
Under CenterRun354
Under CenterPass178
ShotgunRun105
PistolRun17
PistolPass9
UnknownRun1
PassFailure337
RunFailure278
PassSuccess263
RunSuccess162
PassExplosive98
RunExplosive37