TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Detroit Lions 2017 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Detroit Lions 2017 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025
| Metric | DET | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 971 | — | 1,030 |
| Pass rate | 65.3% | +4.1% | 61.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 55.5% | −10.1% | 65.6% |
| Explosive rate | 13.1% | +1.2% | 11.8% |
| Success rate | 40.2% | −2.9% | 43.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 73.1% | +22.7% | 50.4% |
| 12 personnel | 18.8% | −13.6% | 32.4% |
| 21 personnel | 1.2% | −1.1% | 2.3% |
| 13 personnel | 3.5% | −9.3% | 12.8% |
| Other personnel | 0.6% | −1.1% | 1.7% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Detroit Lions · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 495 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 79 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 48 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 29 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 7 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 6 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Unknown → Pistol | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 465 |
| Singleback → Run | 135 |
| Pistol → Run | 99 |
| Shotgun → Run | 74 |
| Empty → Pass | 62 |
| Singleback → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Pass | 36 |
| I_Form → Run | 17 |
| Jumbo → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 345 |
| Run → Failure | 236 |
| Pass → Success | 188 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Success | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 26 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 391 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 192 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 136 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 124 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| Other → Shotgun | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| Other → Under Center | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 3 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 524 |
| Under Center → Run | 237 |
| Shotgun → Run | 152 |
| Under Center → Pass | 100 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Pass → Failure | 363 |
| Run → Failure | 223 |
| Pass → Success | 189 |
| Run → Success | 133 |
| Pass → Explosive | 78 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |