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Atlanta Falcons 2021 vs Dallas Cowboys 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.

ATL season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DAL 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 Atlanta Falcons 2021 minus Dallas Cowboys 2025

Metric	ATL	Shift	DAL
Plays	995	—	1,101
Pass rate	63.2%	+1.4%	61.9%
Shotgun rate	43.2%	−17.5%	60.7%
Explosive rate	13.1%	+0.2%	12.9%
Success rate	40.4%	−6.1%	46.5%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	32.2%	−35.6%	67.8%
12 personnel	24.4%	+7.2%	17.3%
21 personnel	21.2%	+13.1%	8.1%
13 personnel	6.4%	+4.8%	1.6%
22 personnel	14.0%	+10.5%	3.5%
23 personnel	1.0%	+1.0%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−1.0%	1.7%

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

Atlanta Falcons · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	220
12 personnel → Singleback	108
12 personnel → Shotgun	107
21 personnel → I_Form	107
11 personnel → Singleback	64
21 personnel → Shotgun	60
13 personnel → Singleback	48
22 personnel → I_Form	48
22 personnel → Singleback	38
22 personnel → Shotgun	27
11 personnel → Empty	26
21 personnel → Singleback	26
12 personnel → Empty	17
22 personnel → Empty	13
21 personnel → Empty	12
13 personnel → Shotgun	9
22 personnel → Other	8
11 personnel → Pistol	7
12 personnel → I_Form	7
21 personnel → Pistol	5
13 personnel → Empty	4
23 personnel → Shotgun	4
11 personnel → Unknown	3
13 personnel → I_Form	3
22 personnel → Pistol	3
23 personnel → Singleback	3
Other → Shotgun	3
12 personnel → Pistol	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Unknown	2
23 personnel → Empty	2
Other → Empty	2
Other → Singleback	2
21 personnel → Unknown	1
23 personnel → I_Form	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	379
Singleback → Run	185
I_Form → Run	118
Singleback → Pass	104
Empty → Pass	76
Shotgun → Run	51
I_Form → Pass	48
Pistol → Pass	13
Unknown → Pass	7
Other → Run	6
Pistol → Run	4
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	343
Run → Failure	250
Pass → Success	197
Pass → Explosive	89
Run → Success	75
Run → Explosive	41

Dallas Cowboys · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	599
12 personnel → Under Center	144
11 personnel → Under Center	139
21 personnel → Under Center	66
12 personnel → Shotgun	46
22 personnel → Under Center	36
13 personnel → Under Center	16
21 personnel → Pistol	12
21 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Under Center	9
Other → Shotgun	8
11 personnel → Pistol	7
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
Other → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	527
Under Center → Run	267
Under Center → Pass	143
Shotgun → Run	141
Pistol → Run	11
Pistol → Pass	10
Unknown → Pass	1
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	237
Pass → Success	226
Run → Success	144
Pass → Explosive	103
Run → Explosive	39