TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2021
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 Orleans Saints 2021
| Metric | BUF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 1,035 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | +0.3% | 55.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | +5.6% | 44.2% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +4.4% | 10.9% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +8.1% | 40.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | +14.2% | 48.1% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −6.6% | 18.1% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | −1.5% | 10.3% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +1.9% | 3.4% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +7.3% | 3.7% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −3.8% | 3.8% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −6.6% | 6.6% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −4.1% | 4.1% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | −0.8% | 1.9% |
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 Orleans Saints · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 266 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 176 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 122 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 59 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 42 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 41 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 21 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 19 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 17 |
| 01 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 13 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 10 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| Other → Singleback | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 10 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| 01 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 01 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 352 |
| Singleback → Run | 237 |
| Singleback → Pass | 125 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| I_Form → Run | 86 |
| Empty → Pass | 64 |
| I_Form → Pass | 25 |
| Empty → Run | 14 |
| Jumbo → Run | 10 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 327 |
| Run → Failure | 286 |
| Pass → Success | 169 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Pass → Explosive | 81 |
| Run → Explosive | 32 |