TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Arizona Cardinals 2018
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 San Francisco 49ers 2025 minus Arizona Cardinals 2018
| Metric | SF | Shift | ARI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 893 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −3.4% | 62.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +0.7% | 51.7% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | +1.2% | 10.3% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +13.2% | 34.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −27.3% | 70.8% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −6.4% | 17.1% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +30.9% | 6.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.2% | 2.2% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +4.9% | 2.7% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | +0.3% | 0.7% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 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 |
Arizona Cardinals · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 436 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 147 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 121 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 40 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 36 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 21 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Jumbo | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 382 |
| Singleback → Run | 174 |
| Singleback → Pass | 111 |
| Shotgun → Run | 80 |
| I_Form → Run | 65 |
| Empty → Pass | 43 |
| I_Form → Pass | 15 |
| Jumbo → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 1 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 357 |
| Run → Failure | 228 |
| Pass → Success | 135 |
| Run → Success | 81 |
| Pass → Explosive | 69 |
| Run → Explosive | 23 |