TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2023
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 2023
| Metric | SF | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,067 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | +2.7% | 56.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −15.8% | 68.2% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | +0.4% | 11.1% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +5.8% | 41.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −29.7% | 73.2% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −7.9% | 18.7% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +35.9% | 1.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −0.5% | 1.4% |
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 · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 614 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 96 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 91 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 46 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| Other → Under Center | 12 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 545 |
| Under Center → Run | 256 |
| Shotgun → Run | 183 |
| Under Center → Pass | 56 |
| Pistol → Run | 21 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pistol → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Run → Failure | 273 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 136 |
| Pass → Explosive | 65 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |