TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Detroit Lions 2020 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Detroit Lions 2020 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | DET | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 978 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 64.9% | +8.9% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 53.0% | +3.2% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 14.5% | −0.8% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 44.3% | −4.6% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 66.9% | +4.6% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 15.8% | +4.4% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −8.9% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 2.8% | −2.5% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −11.0% | 11.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.2% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Detroit Lions · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 459 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 120 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 105 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 97 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 64 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 18 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 12 |
| Other → Empty | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 4 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Singleback | 3 |
| Unknown → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 422 |
| Singleback → Run | 153 |
| Singleback → Pass | 97 |
| Shotgun → Run | 96 |
| Empty → Pass | 85 |
| I_Form → Run | 76 |
| I_Form → Pass | 26 |
| Jumbo → Run | 10 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 330 |
| Run → Failure | 215 |
| Pass → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 115 |
| Run → Success | 101 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |
Buffalo Bills · 2025
| 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 |