TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2020
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 2020
| Metric | SF | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,106 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −7.7% | 67.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −12.4% | 64.8% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | +0.8% | 10.7% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +3.6% | 44.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −33.5% | 76.9% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −0.6% | 11.3% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +35.4% | 1.9% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +3.9% | 3.7% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −5.6% | 5.6% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | +0.4% | 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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 674 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Empty | 97 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 62 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 49 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 27 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 22 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 01 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 528 |
| Shotgun → Run | 189 |
| Empty → Pass | 173 |
| Singleback → Run | 99 |
| Jumbo → Run | 28 |
| I_Form → Run | 26 |
| Singleback → Pass | 25 |
| Pistol → Run | 22 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 397 |
| Pass → Success | 258 |
| Run → Failure | 222 |
| Run → Success | 111 |
| Pass → Explosive | 87 |
| Run → Explosive | 31 |