TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Chicago Bears 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 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 Chicago Bears 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2021
| Metric | CHI | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,248 | — | 1,233 |
| Pass rate | 59.1% | −5.5% | 64.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 51.0% | −13.8% | 64.9% |
| Explosive rate | 13.9% | +0.1% | 13.9% |
| Success rate | 45.4% | −3.3% | 48.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 53.0% | −19.3% | 72.3% |
| 12 personnel | 34.3% | +27.7% | 6.6% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −10.6% | 10.6% |
| 13 personnel | 9.6% | +9.6% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −7.1% | 7.1% |
| 01 personnel | 1.8% | +1.8% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 1.2% | −0.8% | 2.0% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Chicago Bears · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 463 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 278 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 193 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 132 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 101 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 18 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 17 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 11 |
| 01 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| Other → Under Center | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 515 |
| Under Center → Run | 373 |
| Under Center → Pass | 211 |
| Shotgun → Run | 122 |
| Pistol → Run | 15 |
| Pistol → Pass | 12 |
| Pass → Failure | 405 |
| Run → Failure | 277 |
| Pass → Success | 213 |
| Run → Success | 179 |
| Pass → Explosive | 120 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |
Buffalo Bills · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 683 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 117 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 68 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 58 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 56 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 56 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 40 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 26 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 12 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| Other → Empty | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 7 |
| Other → Other | 7 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 590 |
| Shotgun → Run | 210 |
| Singleback → Run | 143 |
| Singleback → Pass | 79 |
| Empty → Pass | 75 |
| I_Form → Run | 51 |
| I_Form → Pass | 34 |
| Other → Run | 14 |
| Pistol → Pass | 11 |
| Pistol → Run | 9 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 5 |
| Empty → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 385 |
| Pass → Success | 289 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Pass → Explosive | 123 |
| Run → Explosive | 48 |