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Detroit Lions 2018 vs Washington Commanders 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

WAS 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 Washington Commanders 2025

Metric	DET	Shift	WAS
Plays	1,009	—	972
Pass rate	62.2%	+4.2%	58.0%
Shotgun rate	60.5%	−10.5%	71.0%
Explosive rate	12.6%	−0.4%	13.0%
Success rate	40.5%	−5.1%	45.7%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	59.6%	+0.6%	59.0%
12 personnel	14.7%	−15.2%	29.8%
21 personnel	11.3%	+8.9%	2.4%
13 personnel	1.5%	−4.0%	5.5%
22 personnel	2.3%	+2.3%	0.0%
10 personnel	4.7%	+3.5%	1.1%
20 personnel	5.0%	+5.0%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−1.6%	2.3%

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

Washington Commanders · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	471
12 personnel → Shotgun	150
12 personnel → Pistol	92
11 personnel → Pistol	60
12 personnel → Under Center	48
11 personnel → Under Center	42
21 personnel → Shotgun	22
Other → Shotgun	22
13 personnel → Under Center	19
13 personnel → Pistol	17
13 personnel → Shotgun	17
10 personnel → Shotgun	8
10 personnel → Under Center	3
21 personnel → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	501
Shotgun → Run	189
Pistol → Run	124
Under Center → Run	95
Pistol → Pass	46
Under Center → Pass	17
Pass → Failure	295
Run → Failure	233
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	130
Pass → Explosive	81
Run → Explosive	45