TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Arizona Cardinals 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 San Francisco 49ers 2025 minus Arizona Cardinals 2024
| Metric | SF | Shift | ARI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,026 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −0.3% | 59.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −9.1% | 61.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −2.4% | 13.8% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +0.4% | 47.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −8.0% | 51.5% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −20.0% | 30.7% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +37.3% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −15.7% | 15.7% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −0.0% | 1.0% |
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 · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 442 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 135 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 128 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 92 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 53 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 52 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 47 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 33 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 22 |
| 23 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 5 |
| 23 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| Other → Under Center | 3 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 487 |
| Under Center → Run | 183 |
| Shotgun → Run | 144 |
| Under Center → Pass | 103 |
| Pistol → Run | 86 |
| Pistol → Pass | 23 |
| Pass → Failure | 307 |
| Run → Failure | 234 |
| Pass → Success | 223 |
| Run → Success | 120 |
| Pass → Explosive | 83 |
| Run → Explosive | 59 |