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Detroit Lions 2016 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.

DET 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 Detroit Lions 2016 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	DET	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,020	—	1,197
Pass rate	67.8%	+4.6%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	62.6%	+3.2%	59.5%
Explosive rate	11.7%	+0.1%	11.5%
Success rate	44.0%	+0.7%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	75.9%	+10.7%	65.2%
12 personnel	10.4%	−3.4%	13.8%
21 personnel	4.9%	−2.7%	7.6%
13 personnel	0.0%	−2.8%	2.8%
22 personnel	1.4%	−5.6%	7.0%
10 personnel	4.0%	+4.0%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
20 personnel	1.8%	+1.8%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.6%	−0.4%	1.9%

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

Detroit Lions · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	577
11 personnel → Pistol	107
11 personnel → Singleback	46
12 personnel → Pistol	43
11 personnel → Empty	40
12 personnel → Singleback	38
10 personnel → Shotgun	30
21 personnel → I_Form	30
12 personnel → Shotgun	19
20 personnel → I_Form	12
Other → Empty	9
21 personnel → Pistol	7
21 personnel → Shotgun	7
21 personnel → Singleback	6
22 personnel → Other	6
10 personnel → Singleback	4
22 personnel → I_Form	4
10 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Pistol	3
11 personnel → Unknown	3
20 personnel → Shotgun	3
Other → Pistol	3
12 personnel → Empty	2
12 personnel → I_Form	2
20 personnel → Pistol	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Shotgun	2
10 personnel → Other	1
11 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
20 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → I_Form	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	536
Pistol → Run	109
Shotgun → Run	103
Singleback → Run	62
Pistol → Pass	56
Empty → Pass	55
I_Form → Run	42
Singleback → Pass	34
Other → Run	9
I_Form → Pass	8
Unknown → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	2
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	356
Pass → Success	245
Run → Failure	215
Pass → Explosive	91
Run → Success	85
Run → Explosive	28

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