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New England Patriots 2020 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.

NE 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 New England Patriots 2020 minus Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	NE	Shift	MIA
Plays	965	—	939
Pass rate	51.7%	−4.7%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	48.3%	−4.7%	53.0%
Explosive rate	13.4%	−0.5%	13.8%
Success rate	46.1%	+4.2%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	53.9%	+15.2%	38.7%
12 personnel	2.2%	−9.0%	11.2%
21 personnel	37.9%	+8.7%	29.2%
22 personnel	0.0%	−8.0%	8.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−5.2%	5.2%
20 personnel	4.8%	−1.4%	6.2%
Other personnel	1.2%	−0.4%	1.6%

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

New England Patriots · 2020

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	335
21 personnel → I_Form	246
11 personnel → Singleback	143
21 personnel → Shotgun	73
20 personnel → Shotgun	38
21 personnel → Singleback	33
11 personnel → Empty	28
12 personnel → Shotgun	12
12 personnel → Singleback	9
Other → Shotgun	8
21 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → I_Form	6
11 personnel → Pistol	5
20 personnel → I_Form	5
21 personnel → Other	4
21 personnel → Empty	3
11 personnel → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
Other → I_Form	2
11 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Singleback	1
Other → Empty	1
Other → Other	1
Shotgun → Pass	330
I_Form → Run	192
Shotgun → Run	136
Singleback → Run	109
Singleback → Pass	77
I_Form → Pass	67
Empty → Pass	17
Empty → Run	17
Pistol → Pass	6
Pistol → Run	6
Other → Run	5
Other → Pass	1
Unknown → Pass	1
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	272
Run → Failure	248
Run → Success	165
Pass → Success	151
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	53

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