TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

New England Patriots 2018 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 2018 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	NE	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,286	—	1,197
Pass rate	56.3%	−6.9%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	37.3%	−22.2%	59.5%
Explosive rate	15.9%	+4.4%	11.5%
Success rate	47.1%	+3.8%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	54.0%	−11.2%	65.2%
12 personnel	6.1%	−7.6%	13.8%
21 personnel	28.1%	+20.5%	7.6%
13 personnel	0.0%	−2.8%	2.8%
22 personnel	7.9%	+0.8%	7.0%
10 personnel	1.2%	+1.2%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
Other personnel	2.6%	+0.7%	1.9%

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

New England Patriots · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	374
21 personnel → I_Form	255
11 personnel → Singleback	206
11 personnel → Empty	74
21 personnel → Shotgun	64
22 personnel → I_Form	61
12 personnel → Singleback	47
11 personnel → I_Form	33
22 personnel → Jumbo	26
21 personnel → Singleback	20
21 personnel → Empty	18
12 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	12
10 personnel → Shotgun	11
12 personnel → I_Form	9
Other → Singleback	9
11 personnel → Other	6
Other → Empty	6
Other → Jumbo	6
10 personnel → Empty	5
22 personnel → Empty	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
22 personnel → Shotgun	4
12 personnel → Empty	3
21 personnel → Jumbo	3
12 personnel → Jumbo	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Other	1
Other → I_Form	1
Shotgun → Pass	405
I_Form → Run	283
Singleback → Run	163
Singleback → Pass	124
Empty → Pass	109
I_Form → Pass	76
Shotgun → Run	75
Jumbo → Run	35
Other → Pass	4
Unknown → Pass	4
Other → Run	3
Empty → Run	2
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	350
Run → Failure	330
Pass → Success	245
Run → Success	156
Pass → Explosive	129
Run → Explosive	76

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