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Detroit Lions 2018 vs Miami Dolphins 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.

DET season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

MIA 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 Detroit Lions 2018 minus Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	DET	Shift	MIA
Plays	1,009	—	939
Pass rate	62.2%	+5.8%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	60.5%	+7.4%	53.0%
Explosive rate	12.6%	−1.3%	13.8%
Success rate	40.5%	−1.4%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	59.6%	+20.9%	38.7%
12 personnel	14.7%	+3.5%	11.2%
21 personnel	11.3%	−17.9%	29.2%
13 personnel	1.5%	+1.5%	0.0%
22 personnel	2.3%	−5.7%	8.0%
10 personnel	4.7%	−0.6%	5.2%
20 personnel	5.0%	−1.2%	6.2%
Other personnel	0.7%	−0.9%	1.6%

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

Detroit Lions · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	445
11 personnel → Singleback	117
12 personnel → Singleback	95
21 personnel → I_Form	50
10 personnel → Shotgun	45
21 personnel → Shotgun	44
20 personnel → Shotgun	40
12 personnel → Shotgun	31
11 personnel → Empty	22
21 personnel → Singleback	13
22 personnel → I_Form	13
13 personnel → Singleback	12
11 personnel → I_Form	10
12 personnel → Empty	9
20 personnel → I_Form	7
21 personnel → Empty	7
22 personnel → Other	7
12 personnel → I_Form	6
12 personnel → Other	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
11 personnel → Other	3
Other → Shotgun	3
12 personnel → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Empty	2
Unknown → Singleback	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
10 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
13 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
20 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	485
Singleback → Run	170
Shotgun → Run	125
Singleback → Pass	72
I_Form → Run	69
Empty → Pass	43
I_Form → Pass	18
Other → Run	15
Unknown → Pass	7
Other → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	357
Run → Failure	243
Pass → Success	180
Run → Success	102
Pass → Explosive	91
Run → Explosive	36

Miami Dolphins · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	265
21 personnel → Under Center	136
21 personnel → Shotgun	77
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
21 personnel → Pistol	61
11 personnel → Pistol	51
11 personnel → Under Center	47
10 personnel → Shotgun	42
22 personnel → Under Center	32
20 personnel → Under Center	28
12 personnel → Pistol	27
22 personnel → Shotgun	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Pistol	18
12 personnel → Under Center	14
20 personnel → Pistol	11
Other → Pistol	6
Other → Shotgun	6
10 personnel → Pistol	4
10 personnel → Under Center	3
Other → Under Center	3
Shotgun → Pass	391
Under Center → Run	174
Pistol → Run	128
Shotgun → Run	107
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Pass	50
Pass → Failure	300
Run → Failure	245
Pass → Success	154
Run → Success	110
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	54