TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2018
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 2018
| Metric | BUF | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 1,009 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | −6.2% | 62.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | −10.7% | 60.5% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +2.7% | 12.6% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +8.3% | 40.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | +2.7% | 59.6% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −3.2% | 14.7% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | −2.4% | 11.3% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +3.8% | 1.5% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +8.7% | 2.3% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −4.7% | 4.7% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −5.0% | 5.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.4% | 0.7% |
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 · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 445 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 117 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 50 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 45 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 44 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 40 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 22 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 13 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 12 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 485 |
| Singleback → Run | 170 |
| Shotgun → Run | 125 |
| Singleback → Pass | 72 |
| I_Form → Run | 69 |
| Empty → Pass | 43 |
| I_Form → Pass | 18 |
| Other → Run | 15 |
| Unknown → Pass | 7 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 357 |
| Run → Failure | 243 |
| Pass → Success | 180 |
| Run → Success | 102 |
| Pass → Explosive | 91 |
| Run → Explosive | 36 |