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Detroit Lions 2019 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.

DET 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 Detroit Lions 2019 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	DET	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,009	—	1,194
Pass rate	63.1%	+7.1%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	48.5%	−1.3%	49.7%
Explosive rate	12.5%	−2.8%	15.3%
Success rate	41.0%	−7.8%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	59.8%	−2.5%	62.3%
12 personnel	17.9%	+6.5%	11.5%
21 personnel	10.8%	+1.9%	8.9%
13 personnel	3.1%	−2.2%	5.3%
22 personnel	3.3%	−7.7%	11.0%
20 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	2.5%	+1.4%	1.1%

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

Detroit Lions · 2019

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	409
11 personnel → Singleback	105
12 personnel → Singleback	98
11 personnel → Empty	83
21 personnel → I_Form	60
12 personnel → Shotgun	44
22 personnel → I_Form	30
12 personnel → I_Form	28
21 personnel → Singleback	28
13 personnel → Singleback	17
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Empty	14
Other → Shotgun	7
Unknown → Shotgun	7
Unknown → Singleback	7
12 personnel → Empty	6
13 personnel → I_Form	6
20 personnel → I_Form	6
11 personnel → Pistol	5
12 personnel → Pistol	5
21 personnel → Empty	5
20 personnel → Shotgun	4
Other → Other	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	3
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Other	2
11 personnel → I_Form	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
20 personnel → Pistol	1
21 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Singleback	1
Unknown → Empty	1
Unknown → Other	1
Shotgun → Pass	370
Singleback → Run	148
Shotgun → Run	119
Empty → Pass	112
Singleback → Pass	108
I_Form → Run	92
I_Form → Pass	39
Other → Run	7
Pistol → Pass	7
Pistol → Run	6
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	358
Run → Failure	237
Pass → Success	186
Run → Success	102
Pass → Explosive	93
Run → Explosive	33

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