TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Houston Texans 2025 vs Dallas Cowboys 2017
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 2017
| Metric | HOU | Shift | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,210 | — | 996 |
| Pass rate | 60.4% | +4.7% | 55.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 61.7% | +19.1% | 42.7% |
| Explosive rate | 10.6% | −0.1% | 10.6% |
| Success rate | 41.3% | −2.2% | 43.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.0% | +11.0% | 60.9% |
| 12 personnel | 14.0% | −0.8% | 14.9% |
| 21 personnel | 6.0% | +1.6% | 4.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −9.2% | 9.2% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.3% | 7.3% |
| 10 personnel | 3.6% | +3.6% | 0.0% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −2.5% | 2.5% |
| 20 personnel | 2.5% | +2.5% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.9% | +1.2% | 0.7% |
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 · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 387 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 141 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 110 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 90 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 63 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 53 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 32 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| Other → Empty | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 342 |
| Singleback → Run | 251 |
| Singleback → Pass | 92 |
| Empty → Pass | 88 |
| I_Form → Run | 85 |
| Shotgun → Run | 83 |
| I_Form → Pass | 25 |
| Pistol → Run | 10 |
| Other → Run | 9 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Pistol → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 316 |
| Run → Failure | 247 |
| Pass → Success | 179 |
| Run → Success | 148 |
| Pass → Explosive | 60 |
| Run → Explosive | 46 |