TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 2016
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 San Francisco 49ers 2016
| Metric | BUF | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 988 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | −3.6% | 59.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | −23.2% | 73.0% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +3.1% | 12.2% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +9.3% | 39.6% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | −13.9% | 76.2% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −8.2% | 19.6% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | +8.9% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +5.3% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +11.0% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.6% | 1.6% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | −0.2% | 1.3% |
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 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 565 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 129 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 37 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| Other → Pistol | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 501 |
| Shotgun → Run | 220 |
| Pistol → Run | 167 |
| Empty → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Pass | 28 |
| Singleback → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Singleback → Run | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Run → Failure | 250 |
| Pass → Success | 162 |
| Run → Success | 108 |
| Pass → Explosive | 80 |
| Run → Explosive | 41 |