The LabThe fingerprint of every playbook

Los Angeles RamsScheme DNA

Most early-down pass rate, least rpo rate in the league. Their closest twin is Colts (63% alike), then Raiders and 49ers. 587 offensive snaps read, 515 of them charted.

League map Rams verdict JSON

Early-down pass rate60.7%97th percentile · league 50.6%

RPO rate0.6%0th percentile · league 5.1%

Pass rate over expected+4.8%94th percentile · league −2.3%

Pre-snap motion69.5%90th percentile · league 59.0%

Bottom lineTheir loudest habits: early-down pass rate (60.7%, 97th percentile), rpo rate (0.6%, 0th percentile), pass rate over expected (+4.8%, 94th 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+4.8%94

Early-down pass rate60.7%97

Shotgun rate51.4%13

No-huddle rate10.4%90

Pre-snap motion69.5%90

Play action26.5%77

Screen rate8.0%32

RPO rate0.6%0

Deep shots9.1%16

Middle of the field20.6%42

Outside runs18.1%19

Tempo37.3s84

Defense

The defense

Blitz rate28.9%48

Five-plus rushers28.9%48

Men in the box6.6868

Stacked boxes11.8%81

Pass rate faced−2.4%48

Deep shots allowed9.0%10

Defensive twins: Chargers (91%), Broncos (88%), Dolphins (88%).

Twins

Offenses most like theirs

Solid shape: Rams · outline: the twin

Bottom lineRams and Colts, 63% alike. Both throw more than the situation predicts and pass more on early downs than most of the league; Rams and Colts differ most in no-huddle rate (10.4% vs 4.2%) and shotgun rate (51.4% vs 62.9%).

How to read this chart

Each card is one twin:: an offense that calls games like Rams. The colored shape is Rams'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 twinColts63%Both throw more than the situation predicts and pass more on early downs than most of the league; Rams and Colts differ most in no-huddle rate (10.4% vs 4.2%) and shotgun rate (51.4% vs 62.9%).

#2 twinRaiders61%Both run inside more and run fewer RPOs than most of the league; Rams and Raiders differ most in early-down pass rate (60.7% vs 50.3%) and throws over the middle (20.6% vs 28.8%).

#3 twin49ers61%Both run fewer RPOs and move more before the snap than most of the league; Rams and 49ers differ most in no-huddle rate (10.4% vs 3.0%) and early-down pass rate (60.7% vs 51.2%).

Run game

Where they run

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

Bottom lineTheir favorite lane: middle, 44% of runs, -0.01 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, 35% of throws, +0.09 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 center44%pass rate, neutral downs

Shotgun87%pass rate, neutral downs

A 43-point gap: middle of the pack offenses in the league (15 of 32). See all 32 →