TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 2019
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 San Francisco 49ers 2019
| Metric | NO | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 1,158 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | +12.4% | 50.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +39.1% | 37.3% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −6.4% | 16.4% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | −3.1% | 45.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +34.0% | 40.7% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | −2.0% | 18.5% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −29.1% | 29.1% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | +2.5% | 1.1% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −10.0% | 10.0% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.6% | 0.6% |
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 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 317 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 202 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 102 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 91 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 72 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 64 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 57 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 54 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 42 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 29 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| Other → Jumbo | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 311 |
| I_Form → Run | 259 |
| Singleback → Run | 166 |
| Shotgun → Run | 121 |
| Singleback → Pass | 117 |
| I_Form → Pass | 88 |
| Empty → Pass | 68 |
| Jumbo → Run | 14 |
| Other → Run | 8 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 1 |
| Run → Failure | 339 |
| Pass → Failure | 296 |
| Pass → Success | 178 |
| Run → Success | 155 |
| Pass → Explosive | 114 |
| Run → Explosive | 76 |