TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Detroit Lions 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Detroit Lions 2025 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2021
| Metric | DET | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,050 | — | 1,161 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −5.3% | 64.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 51.4% | −11.7% | 63.1% |
| Explosive rate | 14.6% | +4.6% | 10.0% |
| Success rate | 45.2% | +6.0% | 39.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.2% | −12.6% | 74.8% |
| 12 personnel | 25.2% | +7.8% | 17.5% |
| 21 personnel | 3.3% | +1.0% | 2.3% |
| 13 personnel | 5.0% | +3.7% | 1.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −2.0% | 2.0% |
| 10 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 2.1% | +0.8% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 0.2% | −0.6% | 0.8% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Detroit Lions · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 443 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 213 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 209 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 48 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 21 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 17 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Under Center | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 455 |
| Under Center → Run | 337 |
| Under Center → Pass | 167 |
| Shotgun → Run | 85 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Run → Failure | 253 |
| Pass → Success | 191 |
| Run → Success | 131 |
| Pass → Explosive | 111 |
| Run → Explosive | 42 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 638 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 87 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 83 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 74 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 46 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 22 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| Other → Jumbo | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 555 |
| Shotgun → Run | 178 |
| Singleback → Run | 167 |
| Empty → Pass | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 51 |
| Jumbo → Run | 26 |
| Pistol → Run | 26 |
| Pistol → Pass | 24 |
| I_Form → Run | 13 |
| Unknown → Pass | 9 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| I_Form → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 451 |
| Run → Failure | 255 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 115 |
| Pass → Explosive | 76 |
| Run → Explosive | 40 |