The LabThe fingerprint of every playbook

Philadelphia EaglesScheme DNA

Most no-huddle rate, most shotgun rate in the league. Their closest twin is Cardinals (65% alike), then Titans and Saints. 544 offensive snaps read, 478 of them charted.

League map Eagles verdict JSON

No-huddle rate16.4%97th percentile · league 6.5%

Shotgun rate72.6%94th percentile · league 61.5%

Screen rate5.5%10th percentile · league 9.0%

Play action18.1%19th percentile · league 23.1%

Bottom lineTheir loudest habits: no-huddle rate (16.4%, 97th percentile), shotgun rate (72.6%, 94th percentile), screen rate (5.5%, 10th percentile).

How to read this chart

The flower:: each petal is one play-calling habit, labeled around the edge. Petal length is the team's rank among the 32 (long = does it more than most; for tempo, long = fast). The dashed ring is the league middle.
The bars:: the same habits as a list: the bar is the rank (the tick in the middle is the league middle), then the real value and the percentile (90 = more than 90% of teams). Jargon: pass rate over expected = how much more or less they throw than the situation predicts; RPO = run-pass option; men in the box = defenders near the line against the run.

Offense

The playbook

Pass rate over expected−2.1%45

Early-down pass rate51.0%55

Shotgun rate72.6%94

No-huddle rate16.4%97

Pre-snap motion56.3%42

Play action18.1%19

Screen rate5.5%10

RPO rate5.9%65

Deep shots9.6%36

Middle of the field16.6%16

Outside runs23.9%58

Tempo38.0s52

Defense

The defense

Blitz rate27.7%45

Five-plus rushers27.7%45

Men in the box6.390

Stacked boxes4.1%23

Pass rate faced−0.7%74

Deep shots allowed12.3%74

Defensive twins: Seahawks (87%), Falcons (85%), Ravens (83%).

Twins

Offenses most like theirs

Solid shape: Eagles · outline: the twin

Bottom lineEagles and Cardinals, 65% alike. Both use less play action and throw fewer screens than most of the league; Eagles and Cardinals differ most in RPO rate (5.9% vs 0.7%) and no-huddle rate (16.4% vs 9.8%).

How to read this chart

Each card is one twin:: an offense that calls games like Eagles. The colored shape is Eagles's fingerprint, the white outline the twin's. Where the two match, the habits match.
The %: is how alike the two are across all offensive habits: 100% would be identical, 0% the most different pair in the league.

#1 twinCardinals65%Both use less play action and throw fewer screens than most of the league; Eagles and Cardinals differ most in RPO rate (5.9% vs 0.7%) and no-huddle rate (16.4% vs 9.8%).

#2 twinTitans64%Both skip the huddle more and line up in shotgun more than most of the league; Eagles and Titans differ most in tempo (38.0s vs 36.1s) and RPO rate (5.9% vs 10.3%).

#3 twinSaints62%Both skip the huddle more and throw fewer screens than most of the league; Eagles and Saints differ most in tempo (38.0s vs 35.5s) and outside runs (23.9% vs 16.4%).

Run game

Where they run

Arrow size = share of carries · color = EPA per carry

Bottom lineTheir favorite lane: middle, 25% of runs, -0.02 EPA per carry.

How to read this chart

Seen from behind the offense:: the line at the bottom is the line of scrimmage, with seven running lanes from the left end to the right end.
Arrow size: and the % above it = share of the team's runs that go there.
Arrow color: = how well those runs work, in EPA per carry (expected points added: above zero helps the offense). Green works, grey is average, red hurts.

Pass game

Where they throw

Share of targets · EPA per throw

Bottom lineMost targeted zone: short right, 37% of throws, -0.28 EPA per throw.

How to read this chart

The field from the quarterback's eyes:: left, middle and right; the bottom row is short throws, the top row deep throws.
Each box: shows the share of throws that go there (more solid = more throws) and its color the EPA per throw: green helps the offense, grey is average, red hurts.

Formation Tell

What the formation gives away

How to read this chart

Two dots on one line from 0% to 100%:: how often they throw when the quarterback is under center, and how often from shotgun, on neutral downs.
The gap between them: is what a defense learns from the formation alone: a wide gap means the alignment tips run or pass.

Under center33%pass rate, neutral downs

Shotgun75%pass rate, neutral downs

A 42-point gap: middle of the pack offenses in the league (18 of 32). See all 32 →