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Atlanta Falcons 2021 vs New England Patriots 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

NE 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 New England Patriots 2025

Metric	ATL	Shift	NE
Plays	995	—	1,264
Pass rate	63.2%	+2.5%	60.8%
Shotgun rate	43.2%	−12.8%	56.0%
Explosive rate	13.1%	−1.6%	14.7%
Success rate	40.4%	−5.7%	46.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	32.2%	−20.7%	52.8%
12 personnel	24.4%	+5.0%	19.4%
21 personnel	21.2%	+3.7%	17.5%
13 personnel	6.4%	+6.4%	0.0%
22 personnel	14.0%	+7.5%	6.5%
20 personnel	0.0%	−1.8%	1.8%
23 personnel	1.0%	+1.0%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	+0.2%	0.5%

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

New England Patriots · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	500
11 personnel → Under Center	165
12 personnel → Under Center	153
21 personnel → Under Center	131
12 personnel → Shotgun	92
21 personnel → Shotgun	89
22 personnel → Under Center	64
20 personnel → Under Center	21
22 personnel → Shotgun	18
Unknown → Under Center	16
Other → Shotgun	6
11 personnel → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Other	1
Unknown → Other	1
Unknown → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	603
Under Center → Run	388
Under Center → Pass	162
Shotgun → Run	105
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Other → Run	1
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	370
Run → Failure	311
Pass → Success	257
Pass → Explosive	141
Run → Success	140
Run → Explosive	45