TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2016 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 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 2016 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025
| Metric | NO | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,086 | — | 1,030 |
| Pass rate | 64.2% | +3.0% | 61.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 40.6% | −25.0% | 65.6% |
| Explosive rate | 13.6% | +1.8% | 11.8% |
| Success rate | 48.2% | +5.1% | 43.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.8% | +12.4% | 50.4% |
| 12 personnel | 12.9% | −19.5% | 32.4% |
| 21 personnel | 12.0% | +9.6% | 2.3% |
| 13 personnel | 1.1% | −11.7% | 12.8% |
| 22 personnel | 3.2% | +3.2% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 4.1% | +4.1% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 3.2% | +3.2% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.7% | −1.0% | 1.7% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 353 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 202 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 100 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 86 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 81 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 26 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 19 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 12 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 8 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Empty | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 374 |
| Singleback → Run | 219 |
| Empty → Pass | 137 |
| Singleback → Pass | 121 |
| I_Form → Run | 76 |
| Shotgun → Run | 67 |
| I_Form → Pass | 48 |
| Jumbo → Run | 18 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Run | 7 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 339 |
| Pass → Success | 247 |
| Run → Failure | 224 |
| Run → Success | 128 |
| Pass → Explosive | 111 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 391 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 192 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 136 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 124 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| Other → Shotgun | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| Other → Under Center | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 3 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 524 |
| Under Center → Run | 237 |
| Shotgun → Run | 152 |
| Under Center → Pass | 100 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Pass → Failure | 363 |
| Run → Failure | 223 |
| Pass → Success | 189 |
| Run → Success | 133 |
| Pass → Explosive | 78 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |