TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2019
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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2019
| Metric | SF | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 923 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −1.4% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −12.0% | 64.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | +1.2% | 10.3% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +10.6% | 37.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −27.0% | 70.5% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −9.9% | 20.6% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +32.7% | 4.6% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| 00 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −1.3% | 2.3% |
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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 533 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 90 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 63 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 41 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 21 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 19 |
| 00 personnel → Empty | 17 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 17 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| Other → I_Form | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Wildcat | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 421 |
| Shotgun → Run | 174 |
| Singleback → Run | 115 |
| Empty → Pass | 78 |
| I_Form → Run | 40 |
| Singleback → Pass | 39 |
| Pistol → Run | 14 |
| Wildcat → Run | 11 |
| I_Form → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 5 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 339 |
| Run → Failure | 242 |
| Pass → Success | 160 |
| Run → Success | 87 |
| Pass → Explosive | 62 |
| Run → Explosive | 33 |