The LabThe fingerprint of every playbook

Tennessee TitansScheme DNA

Most no-huddle rate, fastest tempo in the league. Their closest twin is Eagles (64% alike), then Saints and Cowboys. 448 offensive snaps read, 448 of them charted.

League map Titans verdict JSON

No-huddle rate19.9%100th percentile · league 6.5%

Tempo36.1s94th percentile · league 38.0s

RPO rate10.3%94th percentile · league 5.1%

Shotgun rate71.2%87th percentile · league 61.5%

Bottom lineTheir loudest habits: no-huddle rate (19.9%, 100th percentile), tempo (36.1s, 94th percentile), rpo rate (10.3%, 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−3.8%29

Early-down pass rate47.4%26

Shotgun rate71.2%87

No-huddle rate19.9%100

Pre-snap motion50.9%16

Play action22.1%48

Screen rate8.5%42

RPO rate10.3%94

Deep shots9.4%26

Middle of the field17.6%23

Outside runs20.3%29

Tempo36.1s94

Defense

The defense

Blitz rate24.3%16

Five-plus rushers24.3%16

Men in the box6.5023

Stacked boxes4.4%26

Pass rate faced−4.8%10

Deep shots allowed13.5%84

Defensive twins: Cowboys (85%), Falcons (85%), Cardinals (85%).

Twins

Offenses most like theirs

Solid shape: Titans · outline: the twin

Bottom lineTitans and Eagles, 64% alike. Both skip the huddle more and line up in shotgun more than most of the league; Titans and Eagles differ most in tempo (36.1s vs 38.0s) and RPO rate (10.3% vs 5.9%).

How to read this chart

Each card is one twin:: an offense that calls games like Titans. The colored shape is Titans'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 twinEagles64%Both skip the huddle more and line up in shotgun more than most of the league; Titans and Eagles differ most in tempo (36.1s vs 38.0s) and RPO rate (10.3% vs 5.9%).

#2 twinSaints54%Both play faster and skip the huddle more than most of the league; Titans and Saints differ most in RPO rate (10.3% vs 3.6%) and screen rate (8.5% vs 3.9%).

#3 twinCowboys54%Both play faster and move less before the snap than most of the league; Titans and Cowboys differ most in no-huddle rate (19.9% vs 7.9%) and RPO rate (10.3% vs 4.3%).

Run game

Where they run

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

Bottom lineTheir favorite lane: middle, 29% of runs, -0.17 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, 38% of throws, +0.03 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 center29%pass rate, neutral downs

Shotgun68%pass rate, neutral downs

A 38-point gap: one of the hardest to read offenses in the league (26 of 32). See all 32 →