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Denver Broncos 2018 vs Buffalo Bills 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.

DEN season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

BUF 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 2018 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	DEN	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,003	—	1,194
Pass rate	63.0%	+7.0%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	45.3%	−4.5%	49.7%
Explosive rate	12.9%	−2.5%	15.3%
Success rate	43.6%	−5.3%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	63.1%	+0.8%	62.3%
12 personnel	12.1%	+0.6%	11.5%
21 personnel	13.3%	+4.4%	8.9%
13 personnel	0.0%	−5.3%	5.3%
22 personnel	4.5%	−6.5%	11.0%
10 personnel	1.4%	+1.4%	0.0%
20 personnel	4.5%	+4.5%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.1%	+0.0%	1.1%

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

Denver Broncos · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	401
11 personnel → Singleback	139
21 personnel → I_Form	103
12 personnel → Singleback	82
11 personnel → Empty	80
22 personnel → I_Form	33
12 personnel → Shotgun	19
20 personnel → I_Form	18
20 personnel → Singleback	15
12 personnel → Empty	14
20 personnel → Shotgun	12
21 personnel → Shotgun	12
10 personnel → Shotgun	9
21 personnel → Empty	7
21 personnel → Singleback	7
Other → I_Form	7
12 personnel → I_Form	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
22 personnel → Jumbo	4
11 personnel → Jumbo	3
22 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Jumbo	2
10 personnel → Singleback	2
21 personnel → Other	2
Other → Jumbo	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
11 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Singleback	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	379
Singleback → Run	158
I_Form → Run	122
Empty → Pass	104
Singleback → Pass	93
Shotgun → Run	75
I_Form → Pass	50
Jumbo → Run	10
Unknown → Pass	4
Other → Run	3
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	355
Run → Failure	211
Pass → Success	200
Run → Success	108
Pass → Explosive	77
Run → Explosive	52

Buffalo Bills · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	510
11 personnel → Under Center	227
22 personnel → Under Center	123
12 personnel → Under Center	92
21 personnel → Under Center	83
13 personnel → Under Center	57
12 personnel → Shotgun	43
21 personnel → Shotgun	16
Other → Shotgun	11
22 personnel → Shotgun	8
21 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	6
Other → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Pistol	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	488
Under Center → Run	413
Under Center → Pass	171
Shotgun → Run	106
Pistol → Pass	10
Pistol → Run	4
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	338
Run → Failure	273
Pass → Success	210
Run → Success	190
Pass → Explosive	121
Run → Explosive	62