TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New England Patriots 2017
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 New England Patriots 2017
| Metric | SF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,260 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −1.9% | 61.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +14.2% | 38.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −4.0% | 15.5% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | −0.6% | 48.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −3.2% | 46.7% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −5.1% | 15.9% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +11.7% | 25.6% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.5% | 2.5% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +1.6% | 6.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | +0.1% | 0.9% |
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 |
New England Patriots · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 337 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 190 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 107 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 75 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 53 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 33 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 32 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 21 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 19 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| Other → I_Form | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Wildcat | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 404 |
| I_Form → Run | 207 |
| Singleback → Run | 157 |
| Empty → Pass | 133 |
| Singleback → Pass | 129 |
| Shotgun → Run | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 56 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 41 |
| Jumbo → Run | 22 |
| Wildcat → Run | 20 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 384 |
| Run → Failure | 268 |
| Pass → Success | 241 |
| Run → Success | 172 |
| Pass → Explosive | 148 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |