TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 vs New England Patriots 2017
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 2025 minus New England Patriots 2017
| Metric | PIT | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,030 | — | 1,260 |
| Pass rate | 61.2% | −0.2% | 61.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 65.6% | +27.4% | 38.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.8% | −3.6% | 15.5% |
| Success rate | 43.1% | −5.1% | 48.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.4% | +3.7% | 46.7% |
| 12 personnel | 32.4% | +16.6% | 15.9% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | −23.2% | 25.6% |
| 13 personnel | 12.8% | +10.4% | 2.5% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −6.0% | 6.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +0.9% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
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 |
New England Patriots · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 337 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 190 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 107 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 75 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 53 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 33 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 32 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 21 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 19 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| Other → I_Form | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Wildcat | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 404 |
| I_Form → Run | 207 |
| Singleback → Run | 157 |
| Empty → Pass | 133 |
| Singleback → Pass | 129 |
| Shotgun → Run | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 56 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 41 |
| Jumbo → Run | 22 |
| Wildcat → Run | 20 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 384 |
| Run → Failure | 268 |
| Pass → Success | 241 |
| Run → Success | 172 |
| Pass → Explosive | 148 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |