TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New England Patriots 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 New England Patriots 2024
| Metric | SF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,017 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −3.0% | 62.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −14.8% | 67.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | +1.2% | 10.3% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +5.4% | 42.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −18.9% | 62.4% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −24.3% | 35.0% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +37.3% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −1.0% | 2.0% |
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 |
New England Patriots · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 505 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 183 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 162 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 102 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 28 |
| Other → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| Other → Under Center | 5 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 3 |
| Unknown → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 548 |
| Under Center → Run | 213 |
| Shotgun → Run | 136 |
| Under Center → Pass | 77 |
| Pistol → Run | 33 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Pass → Failure | 343 |
| Run → Failure | 244 |
| Pass → Success | 223 |
| Run → Success | 102 |
| Pass → Explosive | 69 |
| Run → Explosive | 36 |