TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Dallas Cowboys 2018 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.

DAL 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 Dallas Cowboys 2018 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	DAL	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,128	—	1,197
Pass rate	60.3%	−3.0%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	51.2%	−8.3%	59.5%
Explosive rate	12.9%	+1.3%	11.5%
Success rate	43.6%	+0.3%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	68.4%	+3.3%	65.2%
12 personnel	14.6%	+0.8%	13.8%
21 personnel	7.1%	−0.5%	7.6%
13 personnel	3.9%	+1.1%	2.8%
22 personnel	2.2%	−4.8%	7.0%
10 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
Other personnel	1.9%	−0.1%	1.9%

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

Dallas Cowboys · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	522
11 personnel → Singleback	153
12 personnel → Singleback	118
21 personnel → I_Form	67
11 personnel → Empty	63
13 personnel → Singleback	40
12 personnel → Shotgun	31
11 personnel → Unknown	19
Other → Empty	18
22 personnel → I_Form	16
11 personnel → I_Form	10
12 personnel → I_Form	10
10 personnel → Shotgun	9
21 personnel → Shotgun	9
22 personnel → Other	7
Unknown → Singleback	6
11 personnel → Other	5
12 personnel → Empty	5
10 personnel → Singleback	2
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
21 personnel → Empty	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Shotgun	2
Unknown → Shotgun	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
12 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Singleback	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	452
Singleback → Run	233
Shotgun → Run	125
Empty → Pass	90
Singleback → Pass	89
I_Form → Run	67
I_Form → Pass	36
Other → Run	11
Unknown → Run	11
Unknown → Pass	10
Other → Pass	3
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	373
Run → Failure	263
Pass → Success	219
Run → Success	128
Pass → Explosive	88
Run → Explosive	57

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