TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs New England Patriots 2019
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 New England Patriots 2019
| Metric | BUF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 1,137 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | −4.5% | 60.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | +8.9% | 40.8% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +2.5% | 12.8% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +7.1% | 41.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | +7.0% | 55.3% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −4.9% | 16.4% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | +0.5% | 8.4% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +4.0% | 1.2% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +9.4% | 1.6% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −5.6% | 5.6% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −5.5% | 5.5% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +1.0% | 0.1% |
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 |
New England Patriots · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 337 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 196 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 105 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 61 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 50 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 50 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 48 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 40 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 24 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 17 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 15 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 13 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 386 |
| Singleback → Run | 207 |
| I_Form → Run | 135 |
| Singleback → Pass | 119 |
| Empty → Pass | 115 |
| Shotgun → Run | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 56 |
| Jumbo → Run | 23 |
| Other → Pass | 11 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 399 |
| Run → Failure | 263 |
| Pass → Success | 189 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Pass → Explosive | 100 |
| Run → Explosive | 46 |