TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2020 vs New Orleans Saints 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 2020 minus New Orleans Saints 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,036 | — | 1,061 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −3.8% | 63.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 50.7% | −25.8% | 76.4% |
| Explosive rate | 14.2% | +4.2% | 10.0% |
| Success rate | 46.0% | +4.0% | 42.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 44.7% | −30.0% | 74.6% |
| 12 personnel | 12.3% | −4.2% | 16.5% |
| 21 personnel | 33.4% | +33.4% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.6% | 3.6% |
| 22 personnel | 8.6% | +8.6% | 0.0% |
| 02 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| 03 personnel | 0.0% | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | −1.1% | 2.2% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 346 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 164 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 112 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 73 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 59 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 55 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 51 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 40 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 20 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → Jumbo | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 377 |
| I_Form → Run | 152 |
| Shotgun → Run | 148 |
| Singleback → Run | 108 |
| Singleback → Pass | 92 |
| Empty → Pass | 80 |
| I_Form → Pass | 60 |
| Jumbo → Run | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 137 |
| Pass → Explosive | 100 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |
New Orleans Saints · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 690 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 87 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 82 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 79 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 7 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 604 |
| Shotgun → Run | 207 |
| Under Center → Run | 161 |
| Under Center → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 116 |
| Pass → Explosive | 79 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |