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New England Patriots 2018 vs Miami Dolphins 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

MIA 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 Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	NE	Shift	MIA
Plays	1,286	—	939
Pass rate	56.3%	−0.1%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	37.3%	−15.7%	53.0%
Explosive rate	15.9%	+2.1%	13.8%
Success rate	47.1%	+5.2%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	54.0%	+15.3%	38.7%
12 personnel	6.1%	−5.0%	11.2%
21 personnel	28.1%	−1.0%	29.2%
22 personnel	7.9%	−0.1%	8.0%
10 personnel	1.2%	−4.0%	5.2%
20 personnel	0.0%	−6.2%	6.2%
Other personnel	2.6%	+1.0%	1.6%

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

Miami Dolphins · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	265
21 personnel → Under Center	136
21 personnel → Shotgun	77
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
21 personnel → Pistol	61
11 personnel → Pistol	51
11 personnel → Under Center	47
10 personnel → Shotgun	42
22 personnel → Under Center	32
20 personnel → Under Center	28
12 personnel → Pistol	27
22 personnel → Shotgun	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Pistol	18
12 personnel → Under Center	14
20 personnel → Pistol	11
Other → Pistol	6
Other → Shotgun	6
10 personnel → Pistol	4
10 personnel → Under Center	3
Other → Under Center	3
Shotgun → Pass	391
Under Center → Run	174
Pistol → Run	128
Shotgun → Run	107
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Pass	50
Pass → Failure	300
Run → Failure	245
Pass → Success	154
Run → Success	110
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	54