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Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 vs Arizona Cardinals 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.

PIT season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

ARI 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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 minus Arizona Cardinals 2025

Metric	PIT	Shift	ARI
Plays	1,189	—	1,070
Pass rate	60.2%	−9.4%	69.6%
Shotgun rate	53.5%	−16.3%	69.8%
Explosive rate	14.5%	+2.3%	12.1%
Success rate	46.0%	+2.9%	43.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	64.8%	+14.6%	50.3%
12 personnel	18.1%	−18.2%	36.3%
21 personnel	9.5%	+9.5%	0.0%
13 personnel	5.0%	−5.8%	10.7%
22 personnel	1.3%	+1.3%	0.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−1.8%	1.8%
Other personnel	1.2%	+0.3%	0.8%

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

Pittsburgh Steelers · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	585
12 personnel → Singleback	122
21 personnel → I_Form	94
11 personnel → Empty	86
11 personnel → Singleback	72
12 personnel → Shotgun	32
13 personnel → Singleback	32
12 personnel → I_Form	31
12 personnel → Empty	24
11 personnel → Pistol	18
13 personnel → I_Form	15
21 personnel → Shotgun	10
Other → Empty	8
13 personnel → Empty	7
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Unknown	5
21 personnel → Singleback	5
22 personnel → Other	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
12 personnel → Other	4
Other → Shotgun	4
13 personnel → Other	3
21 personnel → Empty	3
22 personnel → Shotgun	3
12 personnel → Pistol	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
22 personnel → I_Form	2
21 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Pistol	1
Other → I_Form	1
Other → Pistol	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	469
Shotgun → Run	167
Singleback → Run	154
Empty → Pass	127
I_Form → Run	126
Singleback → Pass	82
I_Form → Pass	22
Pistol → Run	13
Other → Run	10
Pistol → Pass	10
Unknown → Pass	4
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	375
Run → Failure	267
Pass → Success	226
Run → Success	149
Pass → Explosive	115
Run → Explosive	57

Arizona Cardinals · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	458
12 personnel → Shotgun	227
12 personnel → Under Center	146
11 personnel → Under Center	74
13 personnel → Under Center	58
13 personnel → Shotgun	51
10 personnel → Under Center	15
12 personnel → Pistol	15
Other → Shotgun	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
13 personnel → Pistol	6
10 personnel → Shotgun	4
Other → Under Center	2
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	619
Under Center → Run	182
Shotgun → Run	128
Under Center → Pass	113
Pistol → Run	15
Pistol → Pass	12
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	409
Pass → Success	229
Run → Failure	200
Pass → Explosive	107
Run → Success	102
Run → Explosive	23