TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs New England Patriots 2023
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 2023
| Metric | BUF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 1,014 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | −5.7% | 61.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | −16.6% | 66.4% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +5.7% | 9.7% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +9.9% | 39.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | +11.8% | 50.5% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −27.5% | 39.0% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | +6.6% | 2.3% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | −0.8% | 6.1% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +11.0% | 0.0% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.1% | 1.0% |
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 · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 409 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 217 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 178 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 102 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 51 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 3 |
| Other → Under Center | 3 |
| 01 personnel → Under Center | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 519 |
| Under Center → Run | 232 |
| Shotgun → Run | 154 |
| Under Center → Pass | 104 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 381 |
| Run → Failure | 238 |
| Pass → Success | 170 |
| Run → Success | 127 |
| Pass → Explosive | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 23 |