TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 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 Orleans Saints 2024
| Metric | SF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,022 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −0.7% | 60.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −2.1% | 54.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −1.1% | 12.6% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +7.0% | 40.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | +9.8% | 33.7% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −20.2% | 30.9% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +20.9% | 16.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −8.7% | 8.7% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | −0.4% | 7.9% |
| 03 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −0.1% | 1.1% |
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 Orleans Saints · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 285 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 171 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 130 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 118 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 73 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 48 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 44 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 42 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 33 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 4 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 466 |
| Under Center → Run | 282 |
| Under Center → Pass | 137 |
| Shotgun → Run | 91 |
| Pistol → Run | 35 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 369 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 157 |
| Run → Success | 130 |
| Pass → Explosive | 88 |
| Run → Explosive | 41 |