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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 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.

TB 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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025

Metric	TB	Shift	PIT
Plays	1,050	—	1,030
Pass rate	61.0%	−0.1%	61.2%
Shotgun rate	42.3%	−23.3%	65.6%
Explosive rate	11.9%	+0.1%	11.8%
Success rate	43.8%	+0.7%	43.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	60.6%	+10.2%	50.4%
12 personnel	24.0%	−8.4%	32.4%
21 personnel	7.4%	+5.1%	2.3%
13 personnel	2.4%	−10.4%	12.8%
22 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
20 personnel	2.1%	+2.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.8%	−1.0%	1.7%

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

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