TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs Houston Texans 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 Orleans Saints 2025 minus Houston Texans 2021
| Metric | NO | Shift | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 1,004 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | +2.2% | 61.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +25.2% | 51.2% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | +1.2% | 8.8% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | +4.8% | 37.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +14.0% | 60.7% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | −11.2% | 27.7% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −3.4% | 3.4% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | −2.4% | 6.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.3% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
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 |
Houston Texans · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 422 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 127 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 86 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 59 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 54 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 48 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 36 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 32 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 29 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 9 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 6 |
| Other → Empty | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 387 |
| Singleback → Run | 151 |
| Shotgun → Run | 127 |
| Empty → Pass | 105 |
| Singleback → Pass | 69 |
| Pistol → Run | 59 |
| I_Form → Run | 49 |
| Pistol → Pass | 23 |
| I_Form → Pass | 22 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 353 |
| Run → Failure | 277 |
| Pass → Success | 188 |
| Run → Success | 98 |
| Pass → Explosive | 71 |
| Run → Explosive | 17 |