The LabThe fingerprint of every playbook

New York GiantsScheme DNA

Least pre-snap motion, most deep shots in the league. Their closest twin is Commanders (66% alike), then Cardinals and Texans. 501 offensive snaps read, 438 of them charted.

League map Giants verdict JSON

Pre-snap motion46.8%7th percentile · league 59.0%

Deep shots15.5%90th percentile · league 11.5%

Pass rate over expected−8.5%7th percentile · league −2.3%

Early-down pass rate44.2%13th percentile · league 50.6%

Bottom lineTheir loudest habits: pre-snap motion (46.8%, 7th percentile), deep shots (15.5%, 90th percentile), pass rate over expected (−8.5%, 7th 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−8.5%7

Early-down pass rate44.2%13

Shotgun rate60.7%45

No-huddle rate7.0%61

Pre-snap motion46.8%7

Play action20.3%23

Screen rate5.6%13

RPO rate3.4%29

Deep shots15.5%90

Middle of the field23.4%71

Outside runs23.4%52

Tempo38.7s19

Defense

The defense

Blitz rate40.6%90

Five-plus rushers40.6%90

Men in the box6.85100

Stacked boxes15.3%90

Pass rate faced−4.9%7

Deep shots allowed11.9%65

Defensive twins: Bears (86%), Buccaneers (82%), Bills (81%).

Twins

Offenses most like theirs

Solid shape: Giants · outline: the twin

Bottom lineGiants and Commanders, 66% alike. Both take more deep shots and throw fewer screens than most of the league; Giants and Commanders differ most in shotgun rate (60.7% vs 72.4%) and pass rate over expected (−8.5% vs −2.0%).

How to read this chart

Each card is one twin:: an offense that calls games like Giants. The colored shape is Giants'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 twinCommanders66%Both take more deep shots and throw fewer screens than most of the league; Giants and Commanders differ most in shotgun rate (60.7% vs 72.4%) and pass rate over expected (−8.5% vs −2.0%).

#2 twinCardinals63%Both throw fewer screens and run fewer RPOs than most of the league; Giants and Cardinals differ most in pre-snap motion (46.8% vs 60.3%) and deep shots (15.5% vs 11.1%).

#3 twinTexans62%Both take more deep shots and throw fewer screens than most of the league; Giants and Texans differ most in early-down pass rate (44.2% vs 55.2%) and pass rate over expected (−8.5% vs −0.3%).

Run game

Where they run

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

Bottom lineTheir favorite lane: middle, 29% of runs, -0.12 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 left, 32% of throws, -0.01 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 center28%pass rate, neutral downs

Shotgun73%pass rate, neutral downs

A 46-point gap: one of the most readable offenses in the league (8 of 32). See all 32 →