I'm not able to post links yet, so this will have to do:
This is from a Boston Globe column on December 12, 2007. The writer was Mike Reiss:
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Of the team's 484 pass attempts this season, a whopping 359 have come out of the shotgun (74 percent).
Of the team's 865 total offensive plays, not including penalties, 421 have come out of the 'gun (49 percent).
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It does to the opposition, however, because the Patriots have turned to the shotgun to turn games into what can look like target practice. Sunday's win over the Steelers was the latest example.
The Patriots utilized the shotgun 38 times out of 55 total plays (not including penalties), and turned to it almost exclusively at the decisive point of the game in the third quarter.
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It's not 100%, but it's a lot, and it's been very successful.