TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New England Patriots 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 San Francisco 49ers 2025 minus New England Patriots 2021
| Metric | SF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,093 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | +2.8% | 56.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +9.4% | 43.0% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −3.4% | 14.9% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | −0.1% | 47.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −13.2% | 56.7% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −3.0% | 13.7% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +13.8% | 23.5% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +3.2% | 4.4% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | +0.5% | 0.5% |
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 · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 391 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 183 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 162 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 98 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 39 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 37 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 26 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 16 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 384 |
| Singleback → Run | 184 |
| I_Form → Run | 177 |
| Singleback → Pass | 117 |
| Shotgun → Run | 86 |
| I_Form → Pass | 55 |
| Empty → Pass | 48 |
| Jumbo → Run | 19 |
| Other → Pass | 8 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 317 |
| Run → Failure | 254 |
| Pass → Success | 201 |
| Run → Success | 158 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Explosive | 62 |