TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

New Orleans Saints 2017 vs Denver Broncos 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

DEN 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 Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	NO	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,098	—	1,197
Pass rate	57.8%	−5.4%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	35.7%	−23.8%	59.5%
Explosive rate	15.6%	+4.0%	11.5%
Success rate	46.3%	+3.0%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	50.1%	−15.1%	65.2%
12 personnel	21.6%	+7.8%	13.8%
21 personnel	13.4%	+5.8%	7.6%
13 personnel	3.1%	+0.3%	2.8%
22 personnel	4.1%	−2.9%	7.0%
10 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
20 personnel	3.9%	+3.9%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−1.2%	1.9%

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

Denver Broncos · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	578
11 personnel → Under Center	147
12 personnel → Under Center	92
22 personnel → Under Center	72
21 personnel → Under Center	58
12 personnel → Shotgun	56
11 personnel → Pistol	28
11 personnel → Unknown	27
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
01 personnel → Shotgun	19
13 personnel → Under Center	19
12 personnel → Pistol	15
13 personnel → Shotgun	13
Other → Under Center	12
22 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Pistol	8
12 personnel → Unknown	2
13 personnel → Pistol	2
01 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	592
Under Center → Run	295
Shotgun → Run	120
Under Center → Pass	105
Unknown → Pass	32
Pistol → Pass	28
Pistol → Run	25
Pass → Failure	428
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	233
Run → Success	147
Pass → Explosive	96
Run → Explosive	42