TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2023 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 2023 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | NO | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,098 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 59.5% | +3.4% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 62.6% | +12.8% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 11.7% | −3.6% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 41.9% | −6.9% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 59.2% | −3.1% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 18.0% | +6.6% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 3.4% | −5.5% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 1.2% | −4.1% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −11.0% | 11.0% |
| 10 personnel | 13.3% | +13.3% | 0.0% |
| 01 personnel | 1.0% | +1.0% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.2% | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.3% | +0.2% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 427 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 213 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 127 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 116 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 78 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 19 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 18 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 17 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 10 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 9 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Under Center | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 552 |
| Under Center → Run | 297 |
| Shotgun → Run | 135 |
| Under Center → Pass | 98 |
| Pistol → Run | 12 |
| Pistol → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 362 |
| Run → Failure | 276 |
| Pass → Success | 199 |
| Run → Success | 132 |
| Pass → Explosive | 92 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |
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 |