TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

New York Jets 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.

NYJ season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

PIT 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 York Jets 2016 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025

Metric	NYJ	Shift	PIT
Plays	997	—	1,030
Pass rate	61.0%	−0.2%	61.2%
Shotgun rate	49.4%	−16.2%	65.6%
Explosive rate	13.1%	+1.3%	11.8%
Success rate	40.0%	−3.1%	43.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	40.4%	−10.0%	50.4%
12 personnel	18.7%	−13.8%	32.4%
21 personnel	0.0%	−2.3%	2.3%
13 personnel	0.0%	−12.8%	12.8%
10 personnel	33.8%	+33.8%	0.0%
20 personnel	5.5%	+5.5%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.5%	−0.2%	1.7%

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

New York Jets · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
10 personnel → Shotgun	270
11 personnel → Shotgun	173
12 personnel → Singleback	120
11 personnel → Singleback	117
10 personnel → Empty	62
11 personnel → Pistol	59
12 personnel → I_Form	52
20 personnel → Shotgun	43
11 personnel → Empty	32
11 personnel → I_Form	19
20 personnel → Empty	9
12 personnel → Empty	5
12 personnel → Other	5
Other → Shotgun	5
Other → Singleback	4
10 personnel → Singleback	2
10 personnel → Unknown	2
11 personnel → Unknown	2
12 personnel → Shotgun	2
20 personnel → Unknown	2
Other → Empty	2
Other → I_Form	2
10 personnel → Pistol	1
11 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Pistol	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
20 personnel → Pistol	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Pistol	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	361
Singleback → Run	163
Shotgun → Run	132
Empty → Pass	107
Singleback → Pass	80
I_Form → Run	45
Pistol → Run	37
I_Form → Pass	28
Pistol → Pass	26
Other → Run	6
Unknown → Pass	5
Empty → Run	3
Unknown → Run	3
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	360
Run → Failure	238
Pass → Success	162
Run → Success	106
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	45

Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
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