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Los Angeles Chargers 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2016

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.

LAC season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

NO 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 Los Angeles Chargers 2025 minus New Orleans Saints 2016

Metric	LAC	Shift	NO
Plays	1,138	—	1,086
Pass rate	63.7%	−0.5%	64.2%
Shotgun rate	67.1%	+26.5%	40.6%
Explosive rate	11.0%	−2.6%	13.6%
Success rate	43.1%	−5.1%	48.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	57.7%	−5.1%	62.8%
12 personnel	5.5%	−7.4%	12.9%
21 personnel	14.6%	+2.6%	12.0%
13 personnel	1.8%	+0.7%	1.1%
22 personnel	7.0%	+3.8%	3.2%
10 personnel	5.4%	+1.3%	4.1%
01 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
20 personnel	6.8%	+3.5%	3.2%
Other personnel	0.1%	−0.6%	0.7%

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

Los Angeles Chargers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	579
21 personnel → Under Center	116
22 personnel → Under Center	72
11 personnel → Under Center	65
10 personnel → Shotgun	60
20 personnel → Shotgun	40
12 personnel → Shotgun	35
21 personnel → Shotgun	32
20 personnel → Under Center	27
12 personnel → Under Center	26
21 personnel → Pistol	18
13 personnel → Under Center	17
11 personnel → Pistol	13
01 personnel → Shotgun	12
20 personnel → Pistol	10
22 personnel → Pistol	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
12 personnel → Pistol	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
10 personnel → Under Center	1
Other → Under Center	1
Shotgun → Pass	612
Under Center → Run	222
Shotgun → Run	152
Under Center → Pass	103
Pistol → Run	39
Pistol → Pass	10
Pass → Failure	395
Run → Failure	253
Pass → Success	238
Run → Success	127
Pass → Explosive	92
Run → Explosive	33

New Orleans Saints · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	353
11 personnel → Singleback	202
11 personnel → Empty	100
12 personnel → Singleback	86
21 personnel → I_Form	81
12 personnel → Shotgun	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
10 personnel → Singleback	22
10 personnel → Shotgun	20
20 personnel → I_Form	19
12 personnel → Empty	16
22 personnel → Jumbo	15
21 personnel → Singleback	12
11 personnel → I_Form	11
11 personnel → Pistol	10
21 personnel → Empty	9
13 personnel → Singleback	8
20 personnel → Shotgun	8
22 personnel → I_Form	7
20 personnel → Singleback	6
22 personnel → Shotgun	6
Other → Empty	6
11 personnel → Unknown	5
12 personnel → I_Form	5
12 personnel → Jumbo	4
22 personnel → Singleback	4
22 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Pistol	2
12 personnel → Pistol	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
21 personnel → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	374
Singleback → Run	219
Empty → Pass	137
Singleback → Pass	121
I_Form → Run	76
Shotgun → Run	67
I_Form → Pass	48
Jumbo → Run	18
Pistol → Pass	9
Pistol → Run	7
Unknown → Pass	6
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	339
Pass → Success	247
Run → Failure	224
Run → Success	128
Pass → Explosive	111
Run → Explosive	37