TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

New Orleans Saints 2021 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 2021 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	NO	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,035	—	1,197
Pass rate	55.7%	−7.5%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	44.2%	−15.3%	59.5%
Explosive rate	10.9%	−0.6%	11.5%
Success rate	40.8%	−2.5%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	48.1%	−17.0%	65.2%
12 personnel	18.1%	+4.3%	13.8%
21 personnel	10.3%	+2.7%	7.6%
13 personnel	3.4%	+0.5%	2.8%
22 personnel	3.7%	−3.3%	7.0%
10 personnel	3.8%	+3.8%	0.0%
01 personnel	6.6%	+4.9%	1.7%
20 personnel	4.1%	+4.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.9%	+0.0%	1.9%

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

New Orleans Saints · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	266
11 personnel → Singleback	176
12 personnel → Singleback	122
21 personnel → I_Form	59
12 personnel → Shotgun	42
01 personnel → Shotgun	41
11 personnel → Empty	36
21 personnel → Shotgun	31
20 personnel → Shotgun	25
10 personnel → Shotgun	21
13 personnel → Singleback	19
22 personnel → I_Form	17
01 personnel → Singleback	14
12 personnel → Empty	13
11 personnel → I_Form	12
21 personnel → Singleback	12
22 personnel → Shotgun	12
01 personnel → Empty	11
20 personnel → I_Form	11
Other → Shotgun	10
10 personnel → Singleback	9
13 personnel → Shotgun	9
Other → Singleback	7
11 personnel → Other	6
12 personnel → I_Form	6
10 personnel → I_Form	4
13 personnel → Empty	4
22 personnel → Empty	4
22 personnel → Jumbo	4
10 personnel → Empty	3
12 personnel → Jumbo	3
13 personnel → Jumbo	3
21 personnel → Empty	3
20 personnel → Empty	2
20 personnel → Other	2
20 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Empty	2
01 personnel → I_Form	1
01 personnel → Other	1
10 personnel → Other	1
10 personnel → Unknown	1
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Singleback	1
Other → I_Form	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	352
Singleback → Run	237
Singleback → Pass	125
Shotgun → Run	105
I_Form → Run	86
Empty → Pass	64
I_Form → Pass	25
Empty → Run	14
Jumbo → Run	10
Other → Pass	6
Other → Run	5
Unknown → Pass	4
Jumbo → Pass	1
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	327
Run → Failure	286
Pass → Success	169
Run → Success	140
Pass → Explosive	81
Run → Explosive	32

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