TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2024
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 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2024
| Metric | NO | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 1,198 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | +7.2% | 55.9% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +17.3% | 59.2% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −3.2% | 13.2% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | −5.9% | 47.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +8.3% | 66.4% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | +0.6% | 15.9% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −8.3% | 8.3% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | +1.5% | 2.1% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −2.0% | 2.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.5% | 1.5% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | −0.5% | 1.6% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.2% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 690 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 87 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 82 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 79 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 7 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 604 |
| Shotgun → Run | 207 |
| Under Center → Run | 161 |
| Under Center → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 116 |
| Pass → Explosive | 79 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |
Buffalo Bills · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 564 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 190 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 117 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 67 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 41 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 17 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 17 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 13 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 12 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 11 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 565 |
| Under Center → Run | 330 |
| Shotgun → Run | 144 |
| Under Center → Pass | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 54 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 343 |
| Run → Failure | 281 |
| Pass → Success | 219 |
| Run → Success | 197 |
| Pass → Explosive | 108 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |