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Kansas City Chiefs 2016 vs New England Patriots 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.

KC season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

NE 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 Kansas City Chiefs 2016 minus New England Patriots 2025

Metric	KC	Shift	NE
Plays	1,018	—	1,264
Pass rate	62.4%	+1.6%	60.8%
Shotgun rate	57.0%	+1.0%	56.0%
Explosive rate	12.7%	−2.0%	14.7%
Success rate	42.3%	−3.8%	46.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	49.2%	−3.6%	52.8%
12 personnel	19.5%	+0.2%	19.4%
21 personnel	11.3%	−6.2%	17.5%
13 personnel	9.6%	+9.6%	0.0%
22 personnel	2.8%	−3.7%	6.5%
01 personnel	2.5%	+2.5%	0.0%
20 personnel	1.4%	−0.4%	1.8%
02 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
03 personnel	2.2%	+2.2%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.4%	−0.1%	0.5%

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

Kansas City Chiefs · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	404
12 personnel → Shotgun	111
21 personnel → I_Form	72
12 personnel → Singleback	67
11 personnel → Singleback	55
13 personnel → Singleback	52
13 personnel → Shotgun	31
11 personnel → Empty	21
21 personnel → Singleback	19
22 personnel → I_Form	17
01 personnel → Shotgun	15
03 personnel → Empty	15
12 personnel → Empty	12
02 personnel → Empty	10
21 personnel → Shotgun	9
01 personnel → Empty	7
13 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
21 personnel → Empty	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Other	5
11 personnel → Unknown	5
20 personnel → I_Form	5
21 personnel → Jumbo	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
12 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Jumbo	4
21 personnel → Pistol	4
03 personnel → Singleback	3
13 personnel → Empty	3
20 personnel → Empty	3
20 personnel → Pistol	3
20 personnel → Shotgun	3
22 personnel → Jumbo	3
22 personnel → Shotgun	3
01 personnel → Singleback	2
03 personnel → Pistol	2
03 personnel → Shotgun	2
12 personnel → Jumbo	2
01 personnel → Pistol	1
02 personnel → Shotgun	1
12 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Pistol	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Unknown	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	443
Singleback → Run	140
Shotgun → Run	137
Empty → Pass	76
I_Form → Run	69
Singleback → Pass	63
I_Form → Pass	31
Pistol → Pass	14
Pistol → Run	14
Jumbo → Run	12
Other → Run	6
Unknown → Pass	5
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	2
Empty → Run	1
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	350
Run → Failure	237
Pass → Success	193
Run → Success	109
Pass → Explosive	92
Run → Explosive	37

New England Patriots · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	500
11 personnel → Under Center	165
12 personnel → Under Center	153
21 personnel → Under Center	131
12 personnel → Shotgun	92
21 personnel → Shotgun	89
22 personnel → Under Center	64
20 personnel → Under Center	21
22 personnel → Shotgun	18
Unknown → Under Center	16
Other → Shotgun	6
11 personnel → Unknown	2
20 personnel → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Other	1
Unknown → Other	1
Unknown → Shotgun	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	603
Under Center → Run	388
Under Center → Pass	162
Shotgun → Run	105
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Other → Run	1
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	370
Run → Failure	311
Pass → Success	257
Pass → Explosive	141
Run → Success	140
Run → Explosive	45