TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2017
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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is New Orleans Saints 2025 minus Detroit Lions 2017
| Metric | NO | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 971 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | −2.1% | 65.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +20.9% | 55.5% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −3.1% | 13.1% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | +1.9% | 40.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +1.5% | 73.1% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | −2.4% | 18.8% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | +0.1% | 3.5% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.5% | 0.6% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 690 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 87 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 82 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 79 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 7 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 604 |
| Shotgun → Run | 207 |
| Under Center → Run | 161 |
| Under Center → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 116 |
| Pass → Explosive | 79 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |
Detroit Lions · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 495 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 79 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 48 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 29 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 7 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 6 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Unknown → Pistol | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 465 |
| Singleback → Run | 135 |
| Pistol → Run | 99 |
| Shotgun → Run | 74 |
| Empty → Pass | 62 |
| Singleback → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Pass | 36 |
| I_Form → Run | 17 |
| Jumbo → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 345 |
| Run → Failure | 236 |
| Pass → Success | 188 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Success | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 26 |