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Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs Kansas City Chiefs 2016

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

KC 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 2025 minus Kansas City Chiefs 2016

Metric	DAL	Shift	KC
Plays	1,101	—	1,018
Pass rate	61.9%	−0.5%	62.4%
Shotgun rate	60.7%	+3.7%	57.0%
Explosive rate	12.9%	+0.2%	12.7%
Success rate	46.5%	+4.2%	42.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	67.8%	+18.5%	49.2%
12 personnel	17.3%	−2.3%	19.5%
21 personnel	8.1%	−3.2%	11.3%
13 personnel	1.6%	−8.0%	9.6%
22 personnel	3.5%	+0.7%	2.8%
01 personnel	0.0%	−2.5%	2.5%
20 personnel	0.0%	−1.4%	1.4%
02 personnel	0.0%	−1.1%	1.1%
03 personnel	0.0%	−2.2%	2.2%
Other personnel	1.7%	+1.3%	0.4%

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

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

Kansas City Chiefs · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	404
12 personnel → Shotgun	111
21 personnel → I_Form	72
12 personnel → Singleback	67
11 personnel → Singleback	55
13 personnel → Singleback	52
13 personnel → Shotgun	31
11 personnel → Empty	21
21 personnel → Singleback	19
22 personnel → I_Form	17
01 personnel → Shotgun	15
03 personnel → Empty	15
12 personnel → Empty	12
02 personnel → Empty	10
21 personnel → Shotgun	9
01 personnel → Empty	7
13 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
21 personnel → Empty	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Other	5
11 personnel → Unknown	5
20 personnel → I_Form	5
21 personnel → Jumbo	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
12 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Jumbo	4
21 personnel → Pistol	4
03 personnel → Singleback	3
13 personnel → Empty	3
20 personnel → Empty	3
20 personnel → Pistol	3
20 personnel → Shotgun	3
22 personnel → Jumbo	3
22 personnel → Shotgun	3
01 personnel → Singleback	2
03 personnel → Pistol	2
03 personnel → Shotgun	2
12 personnel → Jumbo	2
01 personnel → Pistol	1
02 personnel → Shotgun	1
12 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Pistol	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Unknown	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	443
Singleback → Run	140
Shotgun → Run	137
Empty → Pass	76
I_Form → Run	69
Singleback → Pass	63
I_Form → Pass	31
Pistol → Pass	14
Pistol → Run	14
Jumbo → Run	12
Other → Run	6
Unknown → Pass	5
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	2
Empty → Run	1
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	350
Run → Failure	237
Pass → Success	193
Run → Success	109
Pass → Explosive	92
Run → Explosive	37