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Miami Dolphins 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2016

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.

MIA 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 Miami Dolphins 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2016

Metric	MIA	Shift	BUF
Plays	939	—	1,004
Pass rate	56.4%	−0.2%	56.7%
Shotgun rate	53.0%	−1.7%	54.8%
Explosive rate	13.8%	+0.5%	13.3%
Success rate	42.0%	−3.4%	45.3%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	38.7%	−8.7%	47.3%
12 personnel	11.2%	−5.5%	16.6%
21 personnel	29.2%	+0.7%	28.5%
22 personnel	8.0%	+2.8%	5.2%
10 personnel	5.2%	+5.2%	0.0%
20 personnel	6.2%	+6.2%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.6%	−0.7%	2.3%

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

Miami Dolphins · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	265
21 personnel → Under Center	136
21 personnel → Shotgun	77
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
21 personnel → Pistol	61
11 personnel → Pistol	51
11 personnel → Under Center	47
10 personnel → Shotgun	42
22 personnel → Under Center	32
20 personnel → Under Center	28
12 personnel → Pistol	27
22 personnel → Shotgun	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Pistol	18
12 personnel → Under Center	14
20 personnel → Pistol	11
Other → Pistol	6
Other → Shotgun	6
10 personnel → Pistol	4
10 personnel → Under Center	3
Other → Under Center	3
Shotgun → Pass	391
Under Center → Run	174
Pistol → Run	128
Shotgun → Run	107
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Pass	50
Pass → Failure	300
Run → Failure	245
Pass → Success	154
Run → Success	110
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	54

Buffalo Bills · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	385
21 personnel → Pistol	134
12 personnel → Shotgun	97
21 personnel → I_Form	72
21 personnel → Shotgun	55
11 personnel → Empty	42
12 personnel → Pistol	33
12 personnel → Singleback	26
22 personnel → I_Form	26
11 personnel → Singleback	23
11 personnel → Pistol	21
21 personnel → Wildcat	18
22 personnel → Jumbo	11
Other → Shotgun	8
Other → Pistol	7
12 personnel → Empty	6
21 personnel → Singleback	5
22 personnel → Pistol	5
22 personnel → Shotgun	5
22 personnel → Wildcat	4
Other → Empty	4
Other → Wildcat	4
12 personnel → I_Form	3
11 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
11 personnel → I_Form	1
11 personnel → Wildcat	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Wildcat	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	410
Pistol → Run	159
Shotgun → Run	140
I_Form → Run	72
Empty → Pass	52
Pistol → Pass	41
Singleback → Pass	33
I_Form → Pass	30
Wildcat → Run	28
Singleback → Run	21
Jumbo → Run	10
Unknown → Run	4
Unknown → Pass	2
Empty → Run	1
Jumbo → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	316
Run → Failure	233
Pass → Success	184
Run → Success	137
Pass → Explosive	69
Run → Explosive	65