TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2018 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 New Orleans Saints 2018 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | NO | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,116 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 56.5% | +0.5% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 40.9% | −8.9% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 13.9% | −1.4% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 48.6% | −0.3% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 57.3% | −5.0% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 14.0% | +2.5% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 14.2% | +5.4% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 2.2% | −3.1% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 6.5% | −4.4% | 11.0% |
| 10 personnel | 2.8% | +2.8% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 2.0% | +2.0% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.7% | −0.4% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 340 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 210 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 72 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 66 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 47 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 41 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 37 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 15 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 15 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 14 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| Other → I_Form | 3 |
| Other → Jumbo | 3 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 354 |
| Singleback → Run | 253 |
| Singleback → Pass | 119 |
| Empty → Pass | 108 |
| Shotgun → Run | 102 |
| I_Form → Run | 99 |
| I_Form → Pass | 35 |
| Jumbo → Run | 21 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 293 |
| Run → Failure | 281 |
| Pass → Success | 233 |
| Run → Success | 154 |
| Pass → Explosive | 105 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |
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 |