The NFL is quietly going back under center, and it is not one or two teams, it is almost everybody. Warren Sharp charts every 2026 preseason week 1 offense against 2025 on first half early downs: shotgun rate, target depth, personnel groupings, pre-snap motion and where quarterbacks are throwing. 21 teams have a new offensive coordinator, and week 1 showed you what each of them wants to run.

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Featuring Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Ward, Malik Willis, Sam Darnold, Drew Lock, Deshaun Watson, Tanner McKee, Andy Dalton, Teddy Bridgewater, Jayden Daniels, Kevin Stefanski, Mike McDaniel, Davis Webb, Matt Nagy and Todd Monken.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Why 21 new offensive coordinators are quietly moving the whole league back under center
• Which offenses changed the most from 2025, with the exact numbers behind every one
• How Cincinnati changed with the same quarterback, head coach and coordinator, including Joe Burrow's shotgun rate falling from 88% to 57%
• Which offenses got more aggressive downfield, Miami, Denver and the Chargers, and which pulled everything short
• What Tua Tagovailoa's first action in Atlanta actually looked like
• Why Las Vegas went the opposite way on pre-snap motion while the rest of the league cut it
• Which preseason numbers are real signal and which to throw out once the starters play

THE NUMBERS

• Atlanta cut its shotgun rate from 78% to 46%, third highest in the league down to what would rank 27th
• Philadelphia went from 75% to 35%
• Washington, the most shotgun-heavy offense in football last season at 85%, dropped to 50%
• Miami more than doubled its air yards per attempt, 6.0 to 12.1, and led the NFL in week 1 at 13.4
• Denver nearly doubled its own, 7.1 to 13.8
• The Chargers went from 35% to 77% on two running back sets
• Cincinnati's air yards per attempt fell from 6.9 to 4.0, a 42% drop
• Las Vegas raised pre-snap motion from 49% to 63% while everyone else cut it

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
0:12 What we measured
0:45 21 new offensive coordinators
2:09 Why only first half early downs
2:47 The 7 offenses that changed the most
3:22 The league-wide trend: motion and shotgun are down
5:13 Atlanta Falcons - Tua's debut
6:58 Philadelphia Eagles - the backup QB battle
9:48 Miami Dolphins - the opposite swing
11:19 Detroit Lions - Bridgewater retires
12:13 Denver Broncos - the offense Warren likes most
13:59 Los Angeles Chargers - Mike McDaniel's two-back look
16:40 Seattle Seahawks - Sam Darnold over the middle
18:11 Pittsburgh Steelers - life after Rodgers
20:39 Baltimore Ravens - three straight AFC North teams
21:26 Cincinnati Bengals - what changed with no changes
23:24 Arizona Cardinals - new head coach, new offense
25:16 Cleveland Browns - Todd Monken's problem
26:26 New York Giants - Matt Nagy's two-back look
28:20 Kansas City Chiefs - Eric Bieniemy returns
29:46 Washington Commanders - the biggest shotgun drop
30:28 Las Vegas Raiders - going the other way on motion
31:58 Tennessee Titans - Cam Ward

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NFL Preseason Week 1: Every Offense That Changed

Sharp Football Analysis by Warren Sharp

NFL Preseason Week 1: Every Offense That Changed