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Minnesota Vikings 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2020

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

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 Minnesota Vikings 2025 minus New Orleans Saints 2020

Metric	MIN	Shift	NO
Plays	939	—	1,159
Pass rate	60.8%	+5.2%	55.6%
Shotgun rate	55.7%	+12.6%	43.1%
Explosive rate	12.1%	−1.6%	13.7%
Success rate	42.6%	−4.8%	47.4%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	64.7%	+9.3%	55.5%
12 personnel	20.0%	+4.6%	15.4%
21 personnel	7.9%	−5.6%	13.5%
13 personnel	3.3%	+1.0%	2.3%
22 personnel	3.9%	−1.7%	5.6%
10 personnel	0.0%	−2.8%	2.8%
20 personnel	0.0%	−2.8%	2.8%
Other personnel	0.1%	−2.0%	2.1%

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

Minnesota Vikings · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	444
11 personnel → Under Center	159
12 personnel → Under Center	131
21 personnel → Under Center	64
12 personnel → Shotgun	56
22 personnel → Under Center	33
13 personnel → Under Center	22
21 personnel → Shotgun	10
13 personnel → Shotgun	9
11 personnel → Other	5
22 personnel → Shotgun	4
12 personnel → Other	1
Other → Under Center	1
Shotgun → Pass	440
Under Center → Run	280
Under Center → Pass	130
Shotgun → Run	83
Other → Run	5
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	332
Run → Failure	207
Pass → Success	166
Run → Success	120
Pass → Explosive	73
Run → Explosive	41

New Orleans Saints · 2020

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	347
11 personnel → Singleback	213
12 personnel → Singleback	112
11 personnel → Empty	59
21 personnel → I_Form	50
21 personnel → Shotgun	44
12 personnel → Shotgun	43
22 personnel → I_Form	29
21 personnel → Singleback	28
21 personnel → Empty	23
20 personnel → Shotgun	21
10 personnel → Shotgun	14
10 personnel → Singleback	13
13 personnel → Singleback	13
13 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	11
22 personnel → Jumbo	10
11 personnel → I_Form	9
12 personnel → Jumbo	9
11 personnel → Pistol	8
20 personnel → I_Form	8
22 personnel → Shotgun	8
Other → Empty	8
12 personnel → Empty	6
12 personnel → I_Form	6
22 personnel → Empty	6
22 personnel → Singleback	6
21 personnel → Pistol	5
10 personnel → Empty	4
21 personnel → Jumbo	4
22 personnel → Pistol	4
11 personnel → Jumbo	3
Other → I_Form	3
10 personnel → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Other	2
11 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
12 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Pistol	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → Jumbo	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
20 personnel → Empty	1
20 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	398
Singleback → Run	272
Singleback → Pass	114
Shotgun → Run	101
Empty → Pass	74
I_Form → Run	72
Empty → Run	34
I_Form → Pass	33
Jumbo → Run	23
Pistol → Pass	16
Pistol → Run	6
Other → Run	5
Jumbo → Pass	4
Unknown → Pass	4
Unknown → Run	2
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	332
Run → Failure	278
Pass → Success	211
Run → Success	179
Pass → Explosive	101
Run → Explosive	58