TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 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 San Francisco 49ers 2024
| Metric | NO | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 1,012 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | +2.8% | 60.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +19.5% | 56.9% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −4.0% | 14.0% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | −4.1% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +25.4% | 49.2% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | +9.0% | 7.5% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −35.6% | 35.6% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | +3.6% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.2% | 4.2% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | −0.2% | 1.3% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.2% | 1.0% |
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 · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 398 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 189 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 142 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 89 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 56 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 38 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 29 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| Other → Under Center | 10 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 486 |
| Under Center → Run | 275 |
| Under Center → Pass | 116 |
| Shotgun → Run | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 36 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Pass → Failure | 308 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 119 |
| Pass → Explosive | 97 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |