TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Houston Texans 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2021
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 Houston Texans 2025 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2021
| Metric | HOU | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,210 | — | 1,161 |
| Pass rate | 60.4% | −4.3% | 64.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 61.7% | −1.4% | 63.1% |
| Explosive rate | 10.6% | +0.6% | 10.0% |
| Success rate | 41.3% | +2.1% | 39.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.0% | −2.8% | 74.8% |
| 12 personnel | 14.0% | −3.4% | 17.5% |
| 21 personnel | 6.0% | +3.6% | 2.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −2.0% | 2.0% |
| 10 personnel | 3.6% | +3.6% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 2.5% | +1.2% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 1.9% | +1.1% | 0.8% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Houston Texans · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 679 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 191 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 134 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 66 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 26 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 25 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Other → Under Center | 18 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 590 |
| Under Center → Run | 321 |
| Shotgun → Run | 157 |
| Under Center → Pass | 140 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 410 |
| Run → Failure | 300 |
| Pass → Success | 228 |
| Run → Success | 144 |
| Pass → Explosive | 93 |
| Run → Explosive | 35 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 638 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 87 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 83 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 74 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 46 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 22 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| Other → Jumbo | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 555 |
| Shotgun → Run | 178 |
| Singleback → Run | 167 |
| Empty → Pass | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 51 |
| Jumbo → Run | 26 |
| Pistol → Run | 26 |
| Pistol → Pass | 24 |
| I_Form → Run | 13 |
| Unknown → Pass | 9 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| I_Form → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 451 |
| Run → Failure | 255 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 115 |
| Pass → Explosive | 76 |
| Run → Explosive | 40 |