TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New England Patriots 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2021
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 New Orleans Saints 2021
| Metric | NE | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,264 | — | 1,035 |
| Pass rate | 60.8% | +5.0% | 55.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.0% | +11.9% | 44.2% |
| Explosive rate | 14.7% | +3.8% | 10.9% |
| Success rate | 46.1% | +5.4% | 40.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 52.8% | +4.7% | 48.1% |
| 12 personnel | 19.4% | +1.3% | 18.1% |
| 21 personnel | 17.5% | +7.1% | 10.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.4% | 3.4% |
| 22 personnel | 6.5% | +2.8% | 3.7% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −3.8% | 3.8% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −6.6% | 6.6% |
| 20 personnel | 1.8% | −2.2% | 4.1% |
| Other personnel | 0.5% | −1.5% | 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 |
New Orleans Saints · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 266 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 176 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 122 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 59 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 42 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 41 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 21 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 19 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 17 |
| 01 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 13 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 10 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| Other → Singleback | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 10 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| 01 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 01 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 352 |
| Singleback → Run | 237 |
| Singleback → Pass | 125 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| I_Form → Run | 86 |
| Empty → Pass | 64 |
| I_Form → Pass | 25 |
| Empty → Run | 14 |
| Jumbo → Run | 10 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 327 |
| Run → Failure | 286 |
| Pass → Success | 169 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Pass → Explosive | 81 |
| Run → Explosive | 32 |