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Minnesota Vikings 2017 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.

MIN 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 Minnesota Vikings 2017 minus New England Patriots 2025

Metric	MIN	Shift	NE
Plays	1,170	—	1,264
Pass rate	56.9%	−3.8%	60.8%
Shotgun rate	45.3%	−10.7%	56.0%
Explosive rate	12.6%	−2.2%	14.7%
Success rate	41.5%	−4.6%	46.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	59.3%	+6.5%	52.8%
12 personnel	20.9%	+1.6%	19.4%
21 personnel	5.0%	−12.4%	17.5%
13 personnel	2.2%	+2.2%	0.0%
22 personnel	8.1%	+1.6%	6.5%
10 personnel	1.5%	+1.5%	0.0%
20 personnel	2.1%	+0.3%	1.8%
Other personnel	0.7%	+0.2%	0.5%

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

Minnesota Vikings · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	453
12 personnel → Singleback	173
11 personnel → Singleback	165
22 personnel → I_Form	63
11 personnel → Empty	58
12 personnel → Shotgun	46
21 personnel → I_Form	39
13 personnel → Singleback	21
22 personnel → Singleback	19
10 personnel → Shotgun	13
12 personnel → I_Form	12
20 personnel → I_Form	11
11 personnel → I_Form	8
21 personnel → Shotgun	8
11 personnel → Pistol	7
20 personnel → Shotgun	7
12 personnel → Empty	6
21 personnel → Pistol	6
12 personnel → Pistol	5
20 personnel → Pistol	5
22 personnel → Other	5
Other → Other	5
11 personnel → Unknown	3
13 personnel → I_Form	3
21 personnel → Empty	3
21 personnel → Singleback	3
22 personnel → Pistol	3
10 personnel → Singleback	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Empty	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
Other → Singleback	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
10 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
20 personnel → Singleback	1
20 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → I_Form	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	421
Singleback → Run	280
Shotgun → Run	109
Singleback → Pass	106
I_Form → Run	96
Empty → Pass	70
I_Form → Pass	42
Pistol → Pass	19
Other → Run	9
Pistol → Run	7
Unknown → Pass	5
Other → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	3
Pass → Failure	357
Run → Failure	327
Pass → Success	204
Run → Success	135
Pass → Explosive	105
Run → Explosive	42

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