TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cleveland Browns 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2018
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 Cleveland Browns 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2018
| Metric | CLE | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,024 | — | 998 |
| Pass rate | 62.4% | +2.9% | 59.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 65.7% | +19.1% | 46.6% |
| Explosive rate | 9.9% | −0.7% | 10.5% |
| Success rate | 34.6% | −3.1% | 37.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 45.5% | −23.5% | 69.0% |
| 12 personnel | 44.5% | +30.5% | 14.0% |
| 21 personnel | 1.3% | −10.8% | 12.0% |
| 13 personnel | 4.7% | +4.7% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −1.7% | 1.7% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 1.5% | −0.1% | 1.6% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Cleveland Browns · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 367 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 260 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 181 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 94 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 23 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| Other → Under Center | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 535 |
| Under Center → Run | 235 |
| Shotgun → Run | 138 |
| Under Center → Pass | 92 |
| Pistol → Run | 12 |
| Pistol → Pass | 11 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 419 |
| Run → Failure | 251 |
| Pass → Success | 150 |
| Run → Success | 103 |
| Pass → Explosive | 70 |
| Run → Explosive | 31 |
Buffalo Bills · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 410 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 186 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 99 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 89 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 70 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 30 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 6 |
| Other → Singleback | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 356 |
| Singleback → Run | 189 |
| Shotgun → Run | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 107 |
| I_Form → Run | 79 |
| Empty → Pass | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 35 |
| Other → Run | 14 |
| Unknown → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pistol → Run | 7 |
| Empty → Run | 5 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 262 |
| Pass → Success | 159 |
| Run → Success | 112 |
| Pass → Explosive | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 30 |