TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Houston Texans 2025 vs Dallas Cowboys 2016
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 Houston Texans 2025 minus Dallas Cowboys 2016
| Metric | HOU | Shift | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,210 | — | 1,055 |
| Pass rate | 60.4% | +5.6% | 54.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 61.7% | +22.9% | 38.9% |
| Explosive rate | 10.6% | −4.7% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 41.3% | −7.6% | 48.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.0% | +10.1% | 61.9% |
| 12 personnel | 14.0% | −6.0% | 20.0% |
| 21 personnel | 6.0% | −2.5% | 8.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.1% | 4.1% |
| 10 personnel | 3.6% | +3.6% | 0.0% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −3.6% | 3.6% |
| 20 personnel | 2.5% | +2.5% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.9% | +1.8% | 0.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Houston Texans · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 679 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 191 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 134 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 66 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 26 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 25 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Other → Under Center | 18 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 590 |
| Under Center → Run | 321 |
| Shotgun → Run | 157 |
| Under Center → Pass | 140 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 410 |
| Run → Failure | 300 |
| Pass → Success | 228 |
| Run → Success | 144 |
| Pass → Explosive | 93 |
| Run → Explosive | 35 |
Dallas Cowboys · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 385 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 167 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 166 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 60 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 35 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 31 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 15 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 13 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 333 |
| Singleback → Run | 267 |
| Empty → Pass | 112 |
| I_Form → Run | 93 |
| Singleback → Pass | 87 |
| Shotgun → Run | 77 |
| I_Form → Pass | 25 |
| Jumbo → Run | 18 |
| Unknown → Run | 16 |
| Unknown → Pass | 13 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 276 |
| Run → Failure | 263 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 149 |
| Pass → Explosive | 96 |
| Run → Explosive | 65 |