TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New England Patriots 2025 vs Dallas Cowboys 2018
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 New England Patriots 2025 minus Dallas Cowboys 2018
| Metric | NE | Shift | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,264 | — | 1,128 |
| Pass rate | 60.8% | +0.5% | 60.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.0% | +4.9% | 51.2% |
| Explosive rate | 14.7% | +1.9% | 12.9% |
| Success rate | 46.1% | +2.5% | 43.6% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 52.8% | −15.6% | 68.4% |
| 12 personnel | 19.4% | +4.8% | 14.6% |
| 21 personnel | 17.5% | +10.4% | 7.1% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.9% | 3.9% |
| 22 personnel | 6.5% | +4.3% | 2.2% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| 20 personnel | 1.8% | +1.8% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.5% | −1.4% | 1.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New England Patriots · 2025
| 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 |
Dallas Cowboys · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 522 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 153 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 118 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 67 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 63 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 40 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 19 |
| Other → Empty | 18 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 16 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 7 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 452 |
| Singleback → Run | 233 |
| Shotgun → Run | 125 |
| Empty → Pass | 90 |
| Singleback → Pass | 89 |
| I_Form → Run | 67 |
| I_Form → Pass | 36 |
| Other → Run | 11 |
| Unknown → Run | 11 |
| Unknown → Pass | 10 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 373 |
| Run → Failure | 263 |
| Pass → Success | 219 |
| Run → Success | 128 |
| Pass → Explosive | 88 |
| Run → Explosive | 57 |