TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs Minnesota Vikings 2016
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 Minnesota Vikings 2016
| Metric | NO | Shift | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 991 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | −0.8% | 64.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +18.2% | 58.2% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −1.1% | 11.1% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | −0.0% | 42.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +11.7% | 63.0% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | +2.1% | 14.4% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −9.7% | 9.7% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | +1.5% | 2.1% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.7% | 7.7% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −2.2% | 2.2% |
| 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 |
Minnesota Vikings · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 504 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 70 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 64 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 63 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 54 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 49 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 37 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Wildcat | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Wildcat | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 486 |
| I_Form → Run | 108 |
| Singleback → Run | 107 |
| Shotgun → Run | 91 |
| Singleback → Pass | 50 |
| Empty → Pass | 46 |
| I_Form → Pass | 34 |
| Wildcat → Run | 24 |
| Jumbo → Run | 15 |
| Pistol → Run | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 333 |
| Run → Failure | 241 |
| Pass → Success | 211 |
| Run → Success | 96 |
| Pass → Explosive | 90 |
| Run → Explosive | 20 |