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Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 vs Denver Broncos 2018

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.

PIT season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DEN 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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 minus Denver Broncos 2018

Metric	PIT	Shift	DEN
Plays	1,030	—	1,003
Pass rate	61.2%	−1.8%	63.0%
Shotgun rate	65.6%	+20.4%	45.3%
Explosive rate	11.8%	−1.0%	12.9%
Success rate	43.1%	−0.5%	43.6%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	50.4%	−12.7%	63.1%
12 personnel	32.4%	+20.4%	12.1%
21 personnel	2.3%	−10.9%	13.3%
13 personnel	12.8%	+12.8%	0.0%
22 personnel	0.0%	−4.5%	4.5%
10 personnel	0.0%	−1.4%	1.4%
20 personnel	0.0%	−4.5%	4.5%
Other personnel	1.7%	+0.7%	1.1%

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

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

Denver Broncos · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	401
11 personnel → Singleback	139
21 personnel → I_Form	103
12 personnel → Singleback	82
11 personnel → Empty	80
22 personnel → I_Form	33
12 personnel → Shotgun	19
20 personnel → I_Form	18
20 personnel → Singleback	15
12 personnel → Empty	14
20 personnel → Shotgun	12
21 personnel → Shotgun	12
10 personnel → Shotgun	9
21 personnel → Empty	7
21 personnel → Singleback	7
Other → I_Form	7
12 personnel → I_Form	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
11 personnel → Unknown	4
22 personnel → Jumbo	4
11 personnel → Jumbo	3
22 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Jumbo	2
10 personnel → Singleback	2
21 personnel → Other	2
Other → Jumbo	2
10 personnel → Empty	1
11 personnel → Other	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Singleback	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	379
Singleback → Run	158
I_Form → Run	122
Empty → Pass	104
Singleback → Pass	93
Shotgun → Run	75
I_Form → Pass	50
Jumbo → Run	10
Unknown → Pass	4
Other → Run	3
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	355
Run → Failure	211
Pass → Success	200
Run → Success	108
Pass → Explosive	77
Run → Explosive	52