TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs New England Patriots 2020
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 New England Patriots 2020
| Metric | NO | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 965 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | +11.4% | 51.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +28.1% | 48.3% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −3.4% | 13.4% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | −4.1% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +20.8% | 53.9% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | +14.3% | 2.2% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −37.9% | 37.9% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | +3.6% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −4.8% | 4.8% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +0.9% | 1.2% |
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 |
New England Patriots · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 335 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 246 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 143 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 73 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 33 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 28 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 330 |
| I_Form → Run | 192 |
| Shotgun → Run | 136 |
| Singleback → Run | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 77 |
| I_Form → Pass | 67 |
| Empty → Pass | 17 |
| Empty → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Pistol → Run | 6 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 272 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Run → Success | 165 |
| Pass → Success | 151 |
| Pass → Explosive | 76 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |