TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2020 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 2020 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,185 | — | 1,175 |
| Pass rate | 66.6% | +7.2% | 59.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.2% | +3.8% | 52.4% |
| Explosive rate | 15.4% | +3.9% | 11.5% |
| Success rate | 49.7% | +2.0% | 47.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.6% | +29.1% | 43.5% |
| 12 personnel | 7.8% | −3.0% | 10.7% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −37.3% | 37.3% |
| 13 personnel | 1.0% | +1.0% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.6% | 7.6% |
| 10 personnel | 16.4% | +16.4% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.4% | +1.4% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.8% | −0.1% | 0.9% |
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 |
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 |