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Houston Texans 2016 vs Carolina Panthers 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.

HOU season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

CAR 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 Houston Texans 2016 minus Carolina Panthers 2025

Metric	HOU	Shift	CAR
Plays	1,188	—	1,054
Pass rate	59.1%	−0.3%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	56.6%	−3.2%	59.8%
Explosive rate	10.2%	−1.4%	11.6%
Success rate	40.4%	−2.8%	43.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	63.1%	−3.5%	66.6%
12 personnel	17.1%	−3.9%	21.0%
21 personnel	9.4%	+7.6%	1.8%
13 personnel	0.0%	−8.3%	8.3%
22 personnel	4.0%	+2.9%	1.0%
10 personnel	2.0%	+2.0%	0.0%
20 personnel	2.6%	+2.6%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.7%	+0.4%	1.3%

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

Houston Texans · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	573
11 personnel → Singleback	111
21 personnel → I_Form	92
12 personnel → Singleback	90
12 personnel → Shotgun	71
11 personnel → Empty	39
22 personnel → I_Form	35
20 personnel → I_Form	28
12 personnel → Empty	21
11 personnel → Pistol	15
10 personnel → Shotgun	14
22 personnel → Jumbo	12
12 personnel → Pistol	11
10 personnel → Singleback	9
12 personnel → I_Form	8
21 personnel → Shotgun	8
Other → Empty	8
Other → Singleback	7
11 personnel → I_Form	6
21 personnel → Empty	5
21 personnel → Singleback	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
20 personnel → Shotgun	3
Other → Shotgun	3
11 personnel → Other	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Pistol	2
Other → I_Form	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	486
Shotgun → Run	186
Singleback → Run	135
I_Form → Run	132
Singleback → Pass	87
Empty → Pass	72
I_Form → Pass	39
Pistol → Run	16
Pistol → Pass	12
Jumbo → Run	9
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	3
Unknown → Pass	3
Empty → Run	2
Other → Run	2
Pass → Failure	389
Run → Failure	319
Pass → Success	235
Run → Success	124
Pass → Explosive	78
Run → Explosive	43

Carolina Panthers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	552
12 personnel → Under Center	150
11 personnel → Under Center	104
13 personnel → Under Center	79
11 personnel → Pistol	45
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
12 personnel → Pistol	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Under Center	10
13 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	507
Under Center → Run	256
Shotgun → Run	123
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	49
Pistol → Pass	29
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	247
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	145
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	36