The LabThe fingerprint of every playbook

Baltimore RavensScheme DNA

Most outside runs, most middle of the field in the league. Their closest twin is Seahawks (65% alike), then Jaguars and Chargers. 514 offensive snaps read, 514 of them charted.

League map Ravens verdict JSON

Outside runs38.4%100th percentile · league 23.4%

Middle of the field27.1%94th percentile · league 21.0%

Tempo38.8s16th percentile · league 38.0s

Early-down pass rate46.0%19th percentile · league 50.6%

Bottom lineTheir loudest habits: outside runs (38.4%, 100th percentile), middle of the field (27.1%, 94th percentile), tempo (38.8s, 16th 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−5.1%23

Early-down pass rate46.0%19

Shotgun rate61.1%48

No-huddle rate3.3%16

Pre-snap motion64.8%77

Play action24.3%65

Screen rate8.3%39

RPO rate4.9%58

Deep shots10.4%42

Middle of the field27.1%94

Outside runs38.4%100

Tempo38.8s16

Defense

The defense

Blitz rate33.9%65

Five-plus rushers33.9%65

Men in the box6.427

Stacked boxes5.7%32

Pass rate faced−2.0%61

Deep shots allowed9.5%23

Defensive twins: Panthers (89%), Packers (87%), Saints (87%).

Twins

Offenses most like theirs

Solid shape: Ravens · outline: the twin

Bottom lineRavens and Seahawks, 65% alike. Both run outside more and run more on early downs than most of the league; Ravens and Seahawks differ most in pre-snap motion (64.8% vs 52.5%) and screen rate (8.3% vs 12.3%).

How to read this chart

Each card is one twin:: an offense that calls games like Ravens. The colored shape is Ravens'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 twinSeahawks65%Both run outside more and run more on early downs than most of the league; Ravens and Seahawks differ most in pre-snap motion (64.8% vs 52.5%) and screen rate (8.3% vs 12.3%).

#2 twinJaguars65%Both play slower and huddle more than most of the league; Ravens and Jaguars differ most in outside runs (38.4% vs 26.5%) and throws over the middle (27.1% vs 21.2%).

#3 twinChargers62%Both run outside more and run more on early downs than most of the league; Ravens and Chargers differ most in pass rate over expected (−5.1% vs −12.4%) and tempo (38.8s vs 37.3s).

Run game

Where they run

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

Bottom lineTheir favorite lane: outside right, 21% of runs, +0.24 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, 36% of throws, -0.05 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

Shotgun69%pass rate, neutral downs

A 37-point gap: one of the hardest to read offenses in the league (27 of 32). See all 32 →