TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2017 vs Houston Texans 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 Orleans Saints 2017 minus Houston Texans 2025
| Metric | NO | Shift | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,098 | — | 1,210 |
| Pass rate | 57.8% | −2.6% | 60.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 35.7% | −26.0% | 61.7% |
| Explosive rate | 15.6% | +5.0% | 10.6% |
| Success rate | 46.3% | +4.9% | 41.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.1% | −21.9% | 72.0% |
| 12 personnel | 21.6% | +7.5% | 14.0% |
| 21 personnel | 13.4% | +7.4% | 6.0% |
| 13 personnel | 3.1% | +3.1% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 4.1% | +4.1% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 2.8% | −0.7% | 3.6% |
| 20 personnel | 3.9% | +1.4% | 2.5% |
| 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 · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 270 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 172 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 155 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 94 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 80 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 28 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 27 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 14 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 345 |
| Singleback → Run | 283 |
| Empty → Pass | 130 |
| I_Form → Run | 107 |
| Singleback → Pass | 91 |
| I_Form → Pass | 53 |
| Shotgun → Run | 47 |
| Jumbo → Run | 18 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 312 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 131 |
| Pass → Explosive | 117 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |
Houston Texans · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 679 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 191 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 134 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 66 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 26 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 25 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Other → Under Center | 18 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 590 |
| Under Center → Run | 321 |
| Shotgun → Run | 157 |
| Under Center → Pass | 140 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 410 |
| Run → Failure | 300 |
| Pass → Success | 228 |
| Run → Success | 144 |
| Pass → Explosive | 93 |
| Run → Explosive | 35 |