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Buffalo Bills 2016 vs Washington Commanders 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.

BUF season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

WAS season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is Buffalo Bills 2016 minus Washington Commanders 2025

Metric	BUF	Shift	WAS
Plays	1,004	—	972
Pass rate	56.7%	−1.4%	58.0%
Shotgun rate	54.8%	−16.2%	71.0%
Explosive rate	13.3%	+0.4%	13.0%
Success rate	45.3%	−0.4%	45.7%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	47.3%	−11.6%	59.0%
12 personnel	16.6%	−13.2%	29.8%
21 personnel	28.5%	+26.1%	2.4%
13 personnel	0.0%	−5.5%	5.5%
22 personnel	5.2%	+5.2%	0.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−1.1%	1.1%
Other personnel	2.3%	+0.0%	2.3%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

Buffalo Bills · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	385
21 personnel → Pistol	134
12 personnel → Shotgun	97
21 personnel → I_Form	72
21 personnel → Shotgun	55
11 personnel → Empty	42
12 personnel → Pistol	33
12 personnel → Singleback	26
22 personnel → I_Form	26
11 personnel → Singleback	23
11 personnel → Pistol	21
21 personnel → Wildcat	18
22 personnel → Jumbo	11
Other → Shotgun	8
Other → Pistol	7
12 personnel → Empty	6
21 personnel → Singleback	5
22 personnel → Pistol	5
22 personnel → Shotgun	5
22 personnel → Wildcat	4
Other → Empty	4
Other → Wildcat	4
12 personnel → I_Form	3
11 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
11 personnel → I_Form	1
11 personnel → Wildcat	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Wildcat	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	410
Pistol → Run	159
Shotgun → Run	140
I_Form → Run	72
Empty → Pass	52
Pistol → Pass	41
Singleback → Pass	33
I_Form → Pass	30
Wildcat → Run	28
Singleback → Run	21
Jumbo → Run	10
Unknown → Run	4
Unknown → Pass	2
Empty → Run	1
Jumbo → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	316
Run → Failure	233
Pass → Success	184
Run → Success	137
Pass → Explosive	69
Run → Explosive	65

Washington Commanders · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	471
12 personnel → Shotgun	150
12 personnel → Pistol	92
11 personnel → Pistol	60
12 personnel → Under Center	48
11 personnel → Under Center	42
21 personnel → Shotgun	22
Other → Shotgun	22
13 personnel → Under Center	19
13 personnel → Pistol	17
13 personnel → Shotgun	17
10 personnel → Shotgun	8
10 personnel → Under Center	3
21 personnel → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	501
Shotgun → Run	189
Pistol → Run	124
Under Center → Run	95
Pistol → Pass	46
Under Center → Pass	17
Pass → Failure	295
Run → Failure	233
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	130
Pass → Explosive	81
Run → Explosive	45