TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 2021
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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 minus San Francisco 49ers 2021
| Metric | PIT | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,030 | — | 1,193 |
| Pass rate | 61.2% | +7.4% | 53.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 65.6% | +17.9% | 47.7% |
| Explosive rate | 11.8% | −3.0% | 14.8% |
| Success rate | 43.1% | −1.7% | 44.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.4% | +2.3% | 48.1% |
| 12 personnel | 32.4% | +22.7% | 9.7% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | −32.0% | 34.3% |
| 13 personnel | 12.8% | +12.8% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.0% | 7.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +0.8% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 391 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 192 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 136 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 124 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| Other → Shotgun | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| Other → Under Center | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 3 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 524 |
| Under Center → Run | 237 |
| Shotgun → Run | 152 |
| Under Center → Pass | 100 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Pass → Failure | 363 |
| Run → Failure | 223 |
| Pass → Success | 189 |
| Run → Success | 133 |
| Pass → Explosive | 78 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 393 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 142 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 134 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 77 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 75 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 71 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 53 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 22 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 17 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Other | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 397 |
| Singleback → Run | 174 |
| I_Form → Run | 173 |
| Shotgun → Run | 172 |
| Empty → Pass | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 82 |
| I_Form → Pass | 35 |
| Pistol → Run | 14 |
| Other → Run | 10 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Empty → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 339 |
| Run → Failure | 320 |
| Pass → Success | 183 |
| Run → Success | 174 |
| Pass → Explosive | 119 |
| Run → Explosive | 58 |