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New Orleans Saints 2016 vs San Francisco 49ers 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.

NO season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

SF 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 New Orleans Saints 2016 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025

Metric	NO	Shift	SF
Plays	1,086	—	1,175
Pass rate	64.2%	+4.8%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	40.6%	−11.8%	52.4%
Explosive rate	13.6%	+2.1%	11.5%
Success rate	48.2%	+0.5%	47.7%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	62.8%	+19.3%	43.5%
12 personnel	12.9%	+2.2%	10.7%
21 personnel	12.0%	−25.3%	37.3%
13 personnel	1.1%	+1.1%	0.0%
22 personnel	3.2%	−4.4%	7.6%
10 personnel	4.1%	+4.1%	0.0%
20 personnel	3.2%	+3.2%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.7%	−0.2%	0.9%

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

New Orleans Saints · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	353
11 personnel → Singleback	202
11 personnel → Empty	100
12 personnel → Singleback	86
21 personnel → I_Form	81
12 personnel → Shotgun	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	25
10 personnel → Singleback	22
10 personnel → Shotgun	20
20 personnel → I_Form	19
12 personnel → Empty	16
22 personnel → Jumbo	15
21 personnel → Singleback	12
11 personnel → I_Form	11
11 personnel → Pistol	10
21 personnel → Empty	9
13 personnel → Singleback	8
20 personnel → Shotgun	8
22 personnel → I_Form	7
20 personnel → Singleback	6
22 personnel → Shotgun	6
Other → Empty	6
11 personnel → Unknown	5
12 personnel → I_Form	5
12 personnel → Jumbo	4
22 personnel → Singleback	4
22 personnel → Empty	3
10 personnel → Pistol	2
12 personnel → Pistol	2
13 personnel → Shotgun	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
21 personnel → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Other → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	374
Singleback → Run	219
Empty → Pass	137
Singleback → Pass	121
I_Form → Run	76
Shotgun → Run	67
I_Form → Pass	48
Jumbo → Run	18
Pistol → Pass	9
Pistol → Run	7
Unknown → Pass	6
Jumbo → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	339
Pass → Success	247
Run → Failure	224
Run → Success	128
Pass → Explosive	111
Run → Explosive	37

San Francisco 49ers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	395
21 personnel → Under Center	260
21 personnel → Shotgun	164
11 personnel → Under Center	108
12 personnel → Under Center	88
22 personnel → Under Center	67
12 personnel → Shotgun	35
22 personnel → Shotgun	20
21 personnel → Pistol	14
Other → Under Center	9
11 personnel → Pistol	7
12 personnel → Pistol	3
22 personnel → Pistol	2
Other → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	511
Under Center → Run	354
Under Center → Pass	178
Shotgun → Run	105
Pistol → Run	17
Pistol → Pass	9
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	337
Run → Failure	278
Pass → Success	263
Run → Success	162
Pass → Explosive	98
Run → Explosive	37