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New England Patriots 2021 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 2021 minus Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	NE	Shift	MIA
Plays	1,093	—	939
Pass rate	56.6%	+0.2%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	43.0%	−10.0%	53.0%
Explosive rate	14.9%	+1.1%	13.8%
Success rate	47.8%	+5.8%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	56.7%	+18.1%	38.7%
12 personnel	13.7%	+2.5%	11.2%
21 personnel	23.5%	−5.7%	29.2%
22 personnel	4.4%	−3.6%	8.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−5.2%	5.2%
20 personnel	1.2%	−5.0%	6.2%
Other personnel	0.5%	−1.1%	1.6%

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

New England Patriots · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	391
21 personnel → I_Form	183
11 personnel → Singleback	162
12 personnel → Singleback	98
11 personnel → Empty	39
21 personnel → Shotgun	37
12 personnel → Shotgun	36
21 personnel → Singleback	26
11 personnel → I_Form	18
22 personnel → Jumbo	16
22 personnel → I_Form	15
22 personnel → Singleback	14
20 personnel → I_Form	10
11 personnel → Other	6
12 personnel → I_Form	6
12 personnel → Empty	5
12 personnel → Unknown	4
21 personnel → Empty	4
21 personnel → Jumbo	4
11 personnel → Unknown	3
21 personnel → Other	3
Other → Shotgun	3
20 personnel → Shotgun	2
22 personnel → Other	2
Other → Other	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Singleback	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	384
Singleback → Run	184
I_Form → Run	177
Singleback → Pass	117
Shotgun → Run	86
I_Form → Pass	55
Empty → Pass	48
Jumbo → Run	19
Other → Pass	8
Other → Run	6
Unknown → Pass	5
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	317
Run → Failure	254
Pass → Success	201
Run → Success	158
Pass → Explosive	101
Run → Explosive	62

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