TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2018 vs Buffalo Bills 2025
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 2018 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 987 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 60.1% | +4.1% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 32.7% | −17.0% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 15.5% | +0.2% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 43.6% | −5.3% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 38.8% | −23.5% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 10.1% | −1.3% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 43.0% | +34.1% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 6.2% | −4.8% | 11.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.9% | +0.8% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2018
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 284 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 257 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 68 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 58 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 50 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 46 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 34 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 30 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| Other → Singleback | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| Other → Other | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 264 |
| I_Form → Run | 206 |
| I_Form → Pass | 116 |
| Empty → Pass | 102 |
| Singleback → Run | 100 |
| Singleback → Pass | 97 |
| Shotgun → Run | 59 |
| Pistol → Run | 15 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 316 |
| Run → Failure | 241 |
| Pass → Success | 178 |
| Pass → Explosive | 99 |
| Run → Success | 99 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |
Buffalo Bills · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 510 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 227 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 123 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 83 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 57 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 11 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 488 |
| Under Center → Run | 413 |
| Under Center → Pass | 171 |
| Shotgun → Run | 106 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Pistol → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 338 |
| Run → Failure | 273 |
| Pass → Success | 210 |
| Run → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 121 |
| Run → Explosive | 62 |