TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Cleveland Browns 2021 vs Denver Broncos 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.

CLE season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DEN 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 Cleveland Browns 2021 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	CLE	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,039	—	1,197
Pass rate	57.5%	−5.8%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	37.5%	−21.9%	59.5%
Explosive rate	14.7%	+3.2%	11.5%
Success rate	43.8%	+0.5%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	44.7%	−20.5%	65.2%
12 personnel	21.3%	+7.5%	13.8%
21 personnel	11.1%	+3.5%	7.6%
13 personnel	17.6%	+14.8%	2.8%
22 personnel	3.3%	−3.7%	7.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
23 personnel	1.3%	+1.3%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−1.2%	1.9%

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

Cleveland Browns · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	296
12 personnel → Singleback	135
13 personnel → Singleback	118
11 personnel → Singleback	93
11 personnel → Empty	65
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
21 personnel → Shotgun	41
21 personnel → I_Form	34
12 personnel → Empty	32
13 personnel → I_Form	32
21 personnel → Singleback	32
22 personnel → I_Form	27
13 personnel → Empty	21
12 personnel → I_Form	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	6
21 personnel → Empty	6
23 personnel → Jumbo	6
13 personnel → Jumbo	5
23 personnel → I_Form	5
Other → Empty	5
11 personnel → Other	4
22 personnel → Singleback	4
11 personnel → I_Form	3
11 personnel → Unknown	3
22 personnel → Jumbo	3
12 personnel → Jumbo	2
12 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
23 personnel → Other	1
23 personnel → Shotgun	1
23 personnel → Singleback	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Singleback	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	297
Singleback → Run	264
Empty → Pass	129
Singleback → Pass	120
Shotgun → Run	93
I_Form → Run	70
I_Form → Pass	37
Jumbo → Run	13
Other → Pass	5
Unknown → Pass	5
Jumbo → Pass	4
Other → Run	1
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	334
Run → Failure	250
Pass → Success	185
Run → Success	117
Pass → Explosive	78
Run → Explosive	75

Denver Broncos · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	578
11 personnel → Under Center	147
12 personnel → Under Center	92
22 personnel → Under Center	72
21 personnel → Under Center	58
12 personnel → Shotgun	56
11 personnel → Pistol	28
11 personnel → Unknown	27
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
01 personnel → Shotgun	19
13 personnel → Under Center	19
12 personnel → Pistol	15
13 personnel → Shotgun	13
Other → Under Center	12
22 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Pistol	8
12 personnel → Unknown	2
13 personnel → Pistol	2
01 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	592
Under Center → Run	295
Shotgun → Run	120
Under Center → Pass	105
Unknown → Pass	32
Pistol → Pass	28
Pistol → Run	25
Pass → Failure	428
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	233
Run → Success	147
Pass → Explosive	96
Run → Explosive	42