NFL Preseason Week 1: Every Offense That Changed

The NFL is quietly going back under center, and it is not one or two teams, it is almost everybody. We charted 2026 preseason week 1 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 17 offenses came out of week 1 looking like a different team. Get the 2026 NFL Preview book, 619 pages, every roster ranked, strength of schedule, rest edges and lines for every game all season. Use code BOOK20. https://www.sharp.football WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • Why 21 new offensive coordinators are quietly moving the whole league back under center, and what going under center does to defensive personnel and matchups • Which 17 offenses changed the most from 2025, with the exact numbers behind every one • How Cincinnati changed with the same quarterback, the same head coach and the same coordinator, including Joe Burrow's shotgun rate falling from 88% to 57% • Why Arizona went from the NFL's number one pass-rate offense to its lowest, with the starters actually on the field • Which offenses got more aggressive downfield, Miami, Denver and the Chargers, and which pulled everything short, Philadelphia and Kansas City • What Tua Tagovailoa's first action in Atlanta actually looked like, and the 80% pressure rate behind it • 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% • 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 • Denver nearly doubled its own, 7.1 to 13.8, a 94% jump • The Chargers went from 35% to 77% on two running back sets • Las Vegas raised pre-snap motion from 49% to 63% while everyone else cut it All 17 broken down: Falcons, Eagles, Dolphins, Lions, Broncos, Chargers, Seahawks, Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Cardinals, Browns, Giants, Chiefs, Commanders, Raiders and Cam Ward's Titans. 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 Subscribe for numbers, matchups, fantasy and betting markets all season long.