TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2020 vs New England Patriots 2025
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 2020 minus New England Patriots 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,185 | — | 1,264 |
| Pass rate | 66.6% | +5.8% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.2% | +0.2% | 56.0% |
| Explosive rate | 15.4% | +0.6% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 49.7% | +3.6% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.6% | +19.7% | 52.8% |
| 12 personnel | 7.8% | −11.6% | 19.4% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −17.5% | 17.5% |
| 13 personnel | 1.0% | +1.0% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −6.5% | 6.5% |
| 10 personnel | 16.4% | +16.4% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.4% | −0.5% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 0.8% | +0.4% | 0.5% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 505 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 194 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 132 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 93 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 64 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 40 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 36 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| Other → Other | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 529 |
| Singleback → Run | 177 |
| Shotgun → Run | 137 |
| Empty → Pass | 129 |
| Singleback → Pass | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 40 |
| I_Form → Run | 25 |
| Pistol → Pass | 17 |
| I_Form → Pass | 15 |
| Other → Run | 8 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Empty → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 365 |
| Pass → Success | 292 |
| Run → Failure | 231 |
| Pass → Explosive | 132 |
| Run → Success | 115 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |
New England Patriots · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 500 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 131 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 89 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 64 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 21 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 603 |
| Under Center → Run | 388 |
| Under Center → Pass | 162 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 370 |
| Run → Failure | 311 |
| Pass → Success | 257 |
| Pass → Explosive | 141 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |