TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 2021 vs New England Patriots 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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2021 minus New England Patriots 2025
| Metric | PIT | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,161 | — | 1,264 |
| Pass rate | 64.7% | +3.9% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 63.1% | +7.1% | 56.0% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −4.7% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 39.2% | −6.9% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.8% | +21.9% | 52.8% |
| 12 personnel | 17.5% | −1.9% | 19.4% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | −15.2% | 17.5% |
| 13 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 2.0% | −4.5% | 6.5% |
| 20 personnel | 1.3% | −0.5% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 0.8% | +0.3% | 0.5% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 638 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 87 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 83 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 74 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 46 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 22 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| Other → Jumbo | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 555 |
| Shotgun → Run | 178 |
| Singleback → Run | 167 |
| Empty → Pass | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 51 |
| Jumbo → Run | 26 |
| Pistol → Run | 26 |
| Pistol → Pass | 24 |
| I_Form → Run | 13 |
| Unknown → Pass | 9 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| I_Form → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 451 |
| Run → Failure | 255 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 115 |
| Pass → Explosive | 76 |
| Run → Explosive | 40 |
New England Patriots · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 500 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 131 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 89 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 64 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 21 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 603 |
| Under Center → Run | 388 |
| Under Center → Pass | 162 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 370 |
| Run → Failure | 311 |
| Pass → Success | 257 |
| Pass → Explosive | 141 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |