TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

New Orleans Saints 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.

NO 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 Orleans Saints 2018 minus Denver Broncos 2025

Metric	NO	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,116	—	1,197
Pass rate	56.5%	−6.7%	63.2%
Shotgun rate	40.9%	−18.6%	59.5%
Explosive rate	13.9%	+2.4%	11.5%
Success rate	48.6%	+5.3%	43.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	57.3%	−7.8%	65.2%
12 personnel	14.0%	+0.2%	13.8%
21 personnel	14.2%	+6.6%	7.6%
13 personnel	2.2%	−0.7%	2.8%
22 personnel	6.5%	−0.5%	7.0%
10 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
01 personnel	0.0%	−1.7%	1.7%
20 personnel	2.0%	+2.0%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−1.2%	1.9%

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

New Orleans Saints · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	340
11 personnel → Singleback	210
12 personnel → Singleback	95
11 personnel → Empty	72
21 personnel → I_Form	66
22 personnel → I_Form	47
21 personnel → Singleback	41
12 personnel → Shotgun	37
21 personnel → Shotgun	35
10 personnel → Shotgun	22
12 personnel → Empty	15
13 personnel → Singleback	15
22 personnel → Jumbo	15
21 personnel → Empty	14
13 personnel → Shotgun	9
20 personnel → Shotgun	9
11 personnel → I_Form	7
20 personnel → I_Form	6
10 personnel → Singleback	5
11 personnel → Unknown	5
12 personnel → I_Form	5
10 personnel → Empty	4
20 personnel → Empty	4
22 personnel → Shotgun	4
11 personnel → Jumbo	3
11 personnel → Other	3
12 personnel → Jumbo	3
22 personnel → Singleback	3
Other → I_Form	3
Other → Jumbo	3
Unknown → Unknown	3
20 personnel → Singleback	2
22 personnel → Other	2
12 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	354
Singleback → Run	253
Singleback → Pass	119
Empty → Pass	108
Shotgun → Run	102
I_Form → Run	99
I_Form → Pass	35
Jumbo → Run	21
Unknown → Pass	6
Other → Pass	5
Unknown → Run	5
Jumbo → Pass	4
Other → Run	3
Empty → Run	2
Pass → Failure	293
Run → Failure	281
Pass → Success	233
Run → Success	154
Pass → Explosive	105
Run → Explosive	50

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