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New Orleans Saints 2017 vs Carolina Panthers 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.

NO season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

CAR 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 Orleans Saints 2017 minus Carolina Panthers 2025

Metric	NO	Shift	CAR
Plays	1,098	—	1,054
Pass rate	57.8%	−1.6%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	35.7%	−24.1%	59.8%
Explosive rate	15.6%	+4.0%	11.6%
Success rate	46.3%	+3.1%	43.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	50.1%	−16.5%	66.6%
12 personnel	21.6%	+0.6%	21.0%
21 personnel	13.4%	+11.6%	1.8%
13 personnel	3.1%	−5.2%	8.3%
22 personnel	4.1%	+3.1%	1.0%
10 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
20 personnel	3.9%	+3.9%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−0.6%	1.3%

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

New Orleans Saints · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	270
11 personnel → Singleback	172
12 personnel → Singleback	155
21 personnel → I_Form	94
11 personnel → Empty	80
12 personnel → Shotgun	38
20 personnel → Shotgun	36
21 personnel → Shotgun	28
13 personnel → Singleback	27
12 personnel → I_Form	20
22 personnel → I_Form	20
11 personnel → I_Form	18
12 personnel → Empty	16
10 personnel → Empty	14
10 personnel → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Jumbo	13
21 personnel → Empty	12
21 personnel → Singleback	9
11 personnel → Other	7
12 personnel → Jumbo	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
Other → Empty	5
10 personnel → Singleback	4
22 personnel → Shotgun	4
11 personnel → Unknown	3
12 personnel → Unknown	3
13 personnel → I_Form	3
20 personnel → I_Form	3
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
20 personnel → Singleback	2
21 personnel → Jumbo	2
Other → I_Form	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Empty	1
20 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Jumbo	1
Shotgun → Pass	345
Singleback → Run	283
Empty → Pass	130
I_Form → Run	107
Singleback → Pass	91
I_Form → Pass	53
Shotgun → Run	47
Jumbo → Run	18
Other → Pass	7
Unknown → Pass	6
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	3
Other → Run	3
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	312
Run → Failure	278
Pass → Success	206
Run → Success	131
Pass → Explosive	117
Run → Explosive	54

Carolina Panthers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	552
12 personnel → Under Center	150
11 personnel → Under Center	104
13 personnel → Under Center	79
11 personnel → Pistol	45
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
12 personnel → Pistol	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Under Center	10
13 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	507
Under Center → Run	256
Shotgun → Run	123
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	49
Pistol → Pass	29
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	247
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	145
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	36