TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 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 San Francisco 49ers 2021
| Metric | BUF | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 1,193 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | +2.3% | 53.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | +2.1% | 47.7% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +0.5% | 14.8% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +4.1% | 44.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | +14.2% | 48.1% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | +1.8% | 9.7% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | −25.4% | 34.3% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +5.3% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +4.0% | 7.0% |
| 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 · 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 · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 393 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 142 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 134 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 77 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 75 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 71 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 53 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 22 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 17 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Other | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 397 |
| Singleback → Run | 174 |
| I_Form → Run | 173 |
| Shotgun → Run | 172 |
| Empty → Pass | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 82 |
| I_Form → Pass | 35 |
| Pistol → Run | 14 |
| Other → Run | 10 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Empty → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 339 |
| Run → Failure | 320 |
| Pass → Success | 183 |
| Run → Success | 174 |
| Pass → Explosive | 119 |
| Run → Explosive | 58 |