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Detroit Lions 2018 vs Carolina Panthers 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.

DET season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

CAR 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 Detroit Lions 2018 minus Carolina Panthers 2025

Metric	DET	Shift	CAR
Plays	1,009	—	1,054
Pass rate	62.2%	+2.8%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	60.5%	+0.7%	59.8%
Explosive rate	12.6%	+1.0%	11.6%
Success rate	40.5%	−2.6%	43.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	59.6%	−7.0%	66.6%
12 personnel	14.7%	−6.3%	21.0%
21 personnel	11.3%	+9.5%	1.8%
13 personnel	1.5%	−6.8%	8.3%
22 personnel	2.3%	+1.2%	1.0%
10 personnel	4.7%	+4.7%	0.0%
20 personnel	5.0%	+5.0%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−0.6%	1.3%

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

Detroit Lions · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	445
11 personnel → Singleback	117
12 personnel → Singleback	95
21 personnel → I_Form	50
10 personnel → Shotgun	45
21 personnel → Shotgun	44
20 personnel → Shotgun	40
12 personnel → Shotgun	31
11 personnel → Empty	22
21 personnel → Singleback	13
22 personnel → I_Form	13
13 personnel → Singleback	12
11 personnel → I_Form	10
12 personnel → Empty	9
20 personnel → I_Form	7
21 personnel → Empty	7
22 personnel → Other	7
12 personnel → I_Form	6
12 personnel → Other	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
11 personnel → Other	3
Other → Shotgun	3
12 personnel → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Empty	2
Unknown → Singleback	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
10 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
13 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
20 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	485
Singleback → Run	170
Shotgun → Run	125
Singleback → Pass	72
I_Form → Run	69
Empty → Pass	43
I_Form → Pass	18
Other → Run	15
Unknown → Pass	7
Other → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	357
Run → Failure	243
Pass → Success	180
Run → Success	102
Pass → Explosive	91
Run → Explosive	36

Carolina Panthers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	552
12 personnel → Under Center	150
11 personnel → Under Center	104
13 personnel → Under Center	79
11 personnel → Pistol	45
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
12 personnel → Pistol	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Under Center	10
13 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	507
Under Center → Run	256
Shotgun → Run	123
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	49
Pistol → Pass	29
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	247
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	145
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	36