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New England Patriots 2017 vs Denver Broncos 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.

NE season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DEN 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 New England Patriots 2017 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	NE	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,260	—	1,197
Pass rate	61.3%	−1.9%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	38.3%	−21.2%	59.5%
Explosive rate	15.5%	+3.9%	11.5%
Success rate	48.3%	+5.0%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	46.7%	−18.5%	65.2%
12 personnel	15.9%	+2.1%	13.8%
21 personnel	25.6%	+18.0%	7.6%
13 personnel	2.5%	−0.4%	2.8%
22 personnel	6.0%	−1.1%	7.0%
10 personnel	1.3%	+1.3%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
23 personnel	1.3%	+1.3%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.9%	−1.0%	1.9%

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

New England Patriots · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	337
21 personnel → I_Form	190
11 personnel → Singleback	137
12 personnel → Singleback	107
21 personnel → Shotgun	75
11 personnel → Empty	65
12 personnel → Shotgun	61
22 personnel → I_Form	53
21 personnel → Empty	33
11 personnel → Wildcat	32
13 personnel → Singleback	21
12 personnel → Empty	19
23 personnel → Jumbo	15
21 personnel → Singleback	14
11 personnel → I_Form	12
22 personnel → Jumbo	11
10 personnel → Empty	10
21 personnel → Wildcat	10
12 personnel → Wildcat	7
13 personnel → Wildcat	7
22 personnel → Singleback	6
10 personnel → Shotgun	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
12 personnel → I_Form	4
22 personnel → Wildcat	4
Other → I_Form	4
13 personnel → Empty	3
Other → Empty	3
Other → Shotgun	3
10 personnel → Wildcat	1
11 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
23 personnel → Singleback	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	404
I_Form → Run	207
Singleback → Run	157
Empty → Pass	133
Singleback → Pass	129
Shotgun → Run	78
I_Form → Pass	56
Wildcat → Pass	41
Jumbo → Run	22
Wildcat → Run	20
Jumbo → Pass	4
Other → Pass	3
Unknown → Pass	3
Unknown → Run	3
Pass → Failure	384
Run → Failure	268
Pass → Success	241
Run → Success	172
Pass → Explosive	148
Run → Explosive	47

Denver Broncos · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	578
11 personnel → Under Center	147
12 personnel → Under Center	92
22 personnel → Under Center	72
21 personnel → Under Center	58
12 personnel → Shotgun	56
11 personnel → Pistol	28
11 personnel → Unknown	27
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
01 personnel → Shotgun	19
13 personnel → Under Center	19
12 personnel → Pistol	15
13 personnel → Shotgun	13
Other → Under Center	12
22 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Pistol	8
12 personnel → Unknown	2
13 personnel → Pistol	2
01 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	592
Under Center → Run	295
Shotgun → Run	120
Under Center → Pass	105
Unknown → Pass	32
Pistol → Pass	28
Pistol → Run	25
Pass → Failure	428
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	233
Run → Success	147
Pass → Explosive	96
Run → Explosive	42