TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Denver Broncos 2025 vs Arizona Cardinals 2021

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.

DEN season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

ARI 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 Denver Broncos 2025 minus Arizona Cardinals 2021

Metric	DEN	Shift	ARI
Plays	1,197	—	1,163
Pass rate	63.2%	+3.1%	60.2%
Shotgun rate	59.5%	−14.5%	73.9%
Explosive rate	11.5%	−1.3%	12.8%
Success rate	43.3%	−3.1%	46.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	65.2%	+8.5%	56.7%
12 personnel	13.8%	−7.7%	21.5%
21 personnel	7.6%	+5.5%	2.1%
13 personnel	2.8%	+0.1%	2.8%
22 personnel	7.0%	+6.0%	1.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−13.2%	13.2%
01 personnel	1.7%	+1.7%	0.0%
20 personnel	0.0%	−1.5%	1.5%
Other personnel	1.9%	+1.0%	0.9%

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

Denver Broncos · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	578
11 personnel → Under Center	147
12 personnel → Under Center	92
22 personnel → Under Center	72
21 personnel → Under Center	58
12 personnel → Shotgun	56
11 personnel → Pistol	28
11 personnel → Unknown	27
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
01 personnel → Shotgun	19
13 personnel → Under Center	19
12 personnel → Pistol	15
13 personnel → Shotgun	13
Other → Under Center	12
22 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Pistol	8
12 personnel → Unknown	2
13 personnel → Pistol	2
01 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	592
Under Center → Run	295
Shotgun → Run	120
Under Center → Pass	105
Unknown → Pass	32
Pistol → Pass	28
Pistol → Run	25
Pass → Failure	428
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	233
Run → Success	147
Pass → Explosive	96
Run → Explosive	42

Arizona Cardinals · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	544
12 personnel → Shotgun	152
10 personnel → Shotgun	117
11 personnel → Empty	73
12 personnel → Singleback	40
10 personnel → Empty	33
12 personnel → Pistol	29
11 personnel → Pistol	22
21 personnel → Shotgun	18
12 personnel → I_Form	16
20 personnel → Shotgun	14
11 personnel → Singleback	13
13 personnel → Singleback	13
12 personnel → Empty	10
Other → Empty	9
13 personnel → Shotgun	8
13 personnel → I_Form	6
22 personnel → Shotgun	5
20 personnel → Pistol	4
22 personnel → Wildcat	4
10 personnel → Pistol	3
12 personnel → Wildcat	3
21 personnel → Pistol	3
11 personnel → I_Form	2
11 personnel → Unknown	2
11 personnel → Wildcat	2
13 personnel → Other	2
21 personnel → I_Form	2
21 personnel → Wildcat	2
22 personnel → Pistol	2
Other → Shotgun	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
10 personnel → Singleback	1
11 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
13 personnel → Wildcat	1
22 personnel → I_Form	1
Shotgun → Pass	523
Shotgun → Run	337
Empty → Pass	120
Singleback → Run	46
Pistol → Run	38
Pistol → Pass	26
Singleback → Pass	21
I_Form → Run	20
Wildcat → Run	12
I_Form → Pass	7
Empty → Run	6
Other → Run	3
Unknown → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	355
Run → Failure	269
Pass → Success	244
Run → Success	146
Pass → Explosive	101
Run → Explosive	48