TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New England Patriots 2018 vs New Orleans Saints 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is New England Patriots 2018 minus New Orleans Saints 2025
| Metric | NE | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,286 | — | 1,061 |
| Pass rate | 56.3% | −6.8% | 63.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 37.3% | −39.1% | 76.4% |
| Explosive rate | 15.9% | +6.0% | 10.0% |
| Success rate | 47.1% | +5.1% | 42.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 54.0% | −20.7% | 74.6% |
| 12 personnel | 6.1% | −10.4% | 16.5% |
| 21 personnel | 28.1% | +28.1% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.6% | 3.6% |
| 22 personnel | 7.9% | +7.9% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 1.2% | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| 02 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| 03 personnel | 0.0% | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +0.5% | 2.2% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New England Patriots · 2018
| 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 |
New Orleans Saints · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 690 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 87 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 82 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 79 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 7 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 604 |
| Shotgun → Run | 207 |
| Under Center → Run | 161 |
| Under Center → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 116 |
| Pass → Explosive | 79 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |