TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2017
Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Buffalo Bills 2025 minus Detroit Lions 2017
| Metric | BUF | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 971 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | −9.3% | 65.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | −5.8% | 55.5% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +2.2% | 13.1% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +8.7% | 40.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | −10.8% | 73.1% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −7.4% | 18.8% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | +7.6% | 1.2% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +1.8% | 3.5% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +11.0% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.5% | 0.6% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 510 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 227 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 123 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 83 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 57 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 11 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 488 |
| Under Center → Run | 413 |
| Under Center → Pass | 171 |
| Shotgun → Run | 106 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Pistol → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 338 |
| Run → Failure | 273 |
| Pass → Success | 210 |
| Run → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 121 |
| Run → Explosive | 62 |
Detroit Lions · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 495 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 79 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 48 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 29 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 7 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 6 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Unknown → Pistol | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 465 |
| Singleback → Run | 135 |
| Pistol → Run | 99 |
| Shotgun → Run | 74 |
| Empty → Pass | 62 |
| Singleback → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Pass | 36 |
| I_Form → Run | 17 |
| Jumbo → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 345 |
| Run → Failure | 236 |
| Pass → Success | 188 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Success | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 26 |