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Chicago Bears 2017 vs Buffalo Bills 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.

CHI season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

BUF 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 Chicago Bears 2017 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	CHI	Shift	BUF
Plays	928	—	1,194
Pass rate	57.4%	+1.4%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	45.7%	−4.1%	49.7%
Explosive rate	12.6%	−2.7%	15.3%
Success rate	38.4%	−10.5%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	43.1%	−19.2%	62.3%
12 personnel	22.4%	+10.9%	11.5%
21 personnel	21.8%	+12.9%	8.9%
13 personnel	4.8%	−0.4%	5.3%
22 personnel	5.0%	−6.0%	11.0%
23 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
31 personnel	1.2%	+1.2%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.5%	−0.5%	1.1%

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

Chicago Bears · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	315
12 personnel → Singleback	142
21 personnel → I_Form	89
21 personnel → Shotgun	67
11 personnel → Singleback	53
13 personnel → Singleback	41
22 personnel → I_Form	35
12 personnel → Shotgun	34
11 personnel → Empty	26
21 personnel → Singleback	23
12 personnel → I_Form	11
21 personnel → Pistol	11
12 personnel → Empty	10
31 personnel → I_Form	8
12 personnel → Unknown	7
23 personnel → Other	7
21 personnel → Empty	6
22 personnel → Singleback	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
12 personnel → Pistol	4
21 personnel → Other	4
13 personnel → I_Form	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Pistol	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
31 personnel → Shotgun	2
Other → Other	2
Other → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Pistol	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
22 personnel → Other	1
23 personnel → I_Form	1
23 personnel → Shotgun	1
23 personnel → Singleback	1
31 personnel → Pistol	1
Other → I_Form	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	372
Singleback → Run	201
I_Form → Run	114
Singleback → Pass	65
Shotgun → Run	52
Empty → Pass	42
I_Form → Pass	38
Pistol → Run	12
Other → Run	11
Pistol → Pass	7
Unknown → Pass	6
Unknown → Run	4
Other → Pass	3
Empty → Run	1
Pass → Failure	321
Run → Failure	251
Pass → Success	139
Run → Success	100
Pass → Explosive	73
Run → Explosive	44

Buffalo Bills · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
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