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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 vs Detroit Lions 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.

TB season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

DET 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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 minus Detroit Lions 2025

Metric	TB	Shift	DET
Plays	1,050	—	1,050
Pass rate	61.0%	+1.6%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	42.3%	−9.1%	51.4%
Explosive rate	11.9%	−2.7%	14.6%
Success rate	43.8%	−1.4%	45.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	60.6%	−1.6%	62.2%
12 personnel	24.0%	−1.2%	25.2%
21 personnel	7.4%	+4.1%	3.3%
13 personnel	2.4%	−2.6%	5.0%
22 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−1.9%	1.9%
20 personnel	2.1%	0.0%	2.1%
Other personnel	0.8%	+0.6%	0.2%

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

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	394
11 personnel → Singleback	167
12 personnel → Singleback	139
12 personnel → I_Form	62
11 personnel → Empty	55
21 personnel → I_Form	47
12 personnel → Shotgun	27
21 personnel → Singleback	26
13 personnel → Singleback	19
11 personnel → I_Form	12
20 personnel → Shotgun	12
12 personnel → Jumbo	11
22 personnel → I_Form	10
22 personnel → Singleback	10
12 personnel → Empty	9
11 personnel → Unknown	6
22 personnel → Jumbo	6
13 personnel → I_Form	5
20 personnel → Singleback	5
Other → Shotgun	5
12 personnel → Unknown	4
20 personnel → I_Form	4
21 personnel → Shotgun	4
Other → Empty	3
11 personnel → Other	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
13 personnel → Empty	1
20 personnel → Empty	1
21 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
Shotgun → Pass	393
Singleback → Run	252
Singleback → Pass	114
I_Form → Run	85
Empty → Pass	71
I_Form → Pass	55
Shotgun → Run	51
Jumbo → Run	16
Unknown → Pass	6
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	1
Other → Pass	1
Other → Run	1
Pass → Failure	325
Run → Failure	265
Pass → Success	221
Run → Success	114
Pass → Explosive	95
Run → Explosive	30

Detroit Lions · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	443
12 personnel → Under Center	213
11 personnel → Under Center	209
12 personnel → Shotgun	51
13 personnel → Under Center	48
20 personnel → Shotgun	21
21 personnel → Under Center	17
10 personnel → Under Center	16
21 personnel → Shotgun	16
10 personnel → Shotgun	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	3
21 personnel → Other	2
11 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Other	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Under Center	1
Unknown → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	455
Under Center → Run	337
Under Center → Pass	167
Shotgun → Run	85
Other → Run	3
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	322
Run → Failure	253
Pass → Success	191
Run → Success	131
Pass → Explosive	111
Run → Explosive	42