TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2017 vs San Francisco 49ers 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 2017 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,066 | — | 1,175 |
| Pass rate | 57.4% | −2.0% | 59.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 44.3% | −8.1% | 52.4% |
| Explosive rate | 11.1% | −0.4% | 11.5% |
| Success rate | 38.6% | −9.0% | 47.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 57.3% | +13.8% | 43.5% |
| 12 personnel | 17.9% | +7.2% | 10.7% |
| 21 personnel | 18.7% | −18.6% | 37.3% |
| 22 personnel | 5.0% | −2.6% | 7.6% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.2% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 440 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 168 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 144 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 110 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 57 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 44 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| Other → Singleback | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 372 |
| Singleback → Run | 174 |
| I_Form → Run | 156 |
| Singleback → Pass | 108 |
| Shotgun → Run | 100 |
| Empty → Pass | 67 |
| I_Form → Pass | 58 |
| Jumbo → Run | 12 |
| Empty → Run | 6 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 294 |
| Pass → Success | 183 |
| Run → Success | 111 |
| Pass → Explosive | 69 |
| Run → Explosive | 49 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 395 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 260 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 88 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 511 |
| Under Center → Run | 354 |
| Under Center → Pass | 178 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 337 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 263 |
| Run → Success | 162 |
| Pass → Explosive | 98 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |