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New England Patriots 2016 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers 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

TB 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 2016 minus Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2025

Metric	NE	Shift	TB
Plays	1,260	—	1,057
Pass rate	59.2%	−1.2%	60.4%
Shotgun rate	42.0%	−19.6%	61.6%
Explosive rate	13.2%	+1.4%	11.7%
Success rate	44.2%	+1.7%	42.5%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	48.5%	−21.4%	69.9%
12 personnel	15.3%	−5.6%	20.9%
21 personnel	21.1%	+16.5%	4.6%
13 personnel	0.0%	−2.8%	2.8%
22 personnel	6.3%	+6.3%	0.0%
10 personnel	3.0%	+1.8%	1.2%
20 personnel	4.5%	+4.5%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.1%	+0.8%	0.3%

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

New England Patriots · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	377
21 personnel → I_Form	182
11 personnel → Singleback	134
12 personnel → Singleback	98
12 personnel → Shotgun	71
11 personnel → Empty	69
22 personnel → I_Form	43
20 personnel → Shotgun	32
21 personnel → Shotgun	29
21 personnel → Empty	26
22 personnel → Jumbo	22
11 personnel → Pistol	21
10 personnel → Shotgun	20
21 personnel → Singleback	20
12 personnel → Empty	18
20 personnel → I_Form	15
22 personnel → Singleback	14
10 personnel → Empty	13
Other → Jumbo	11
20 personnel → Empty	7
11 personnel → Unknown	5
21 personnel → Unknown	5
10 personnel → Singleback	4
11 personnel → I_Form	3
12 personnel → Unknown	3
20 personnel → Singleback	3
21 personnel → Jumbo	3
Other → Empty	3
11 personnel → Other	2
12 personnel → Pistol	2
10 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → I_Form	1
21 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Unknown → Empty	1
Shotgun → Pass	420
I_Form → Run	197
Singleback → Run	152
Empty → Pass	136
Singleback → Pass	121
Shotgun → Run	109
I_Form → Pass	47
Jumbo → Run	33
Pistol → Pass	12
Pistol → Run	12
Unknown → Run	8
Unknown → Pass	7
Jumbo → Pass	3
Other → Run	2
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	384
Run → Failure	319
Pass → Success	238
Run → Success	153
Pass → Explosive	124
Run → Explosive	42

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	562
12 personnel → Under Center	181
11 personnel → Under Center	147
21 personnel → Shotgun	37
12 personnel → Shotgun	34
11 personnel → Pistol	30
13 personnel → Under Center	26
10 personnel → Shotgun	13
12 personnel → Pistol	6
21 personnel → Pistol	6
21 personnel → Under Center	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
Other → Under Center	2
Unknown → Under Center	2
Other → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	536
Under Center → Run	275
Shotgun → Run	115
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	29
Pistol → Pass	13
Pass → Failure	357
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	191
Run → Success	134
Pass → Explosive	90
Run → Explosive	34