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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 vs San Francisco 49ers 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.

TB season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

SF season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025

Metric	TB	Shift	SF
Plays	1,050	—	1,175
Pass rate	61.0%	+1.6%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	42.3%	−10.1%	52.4%
Explosive rate	11.9%	+0.4%	11.5%
Success rate	43.8%	−3.9%	47.7%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	60.6%	+17.1%	43.5%
12 personnel	24.0%	+13.3%	10.7%
21 personnel	7.4%	−29.8%	37.3%
13 personnel	2.4%	+2.4%	0.0%
22 personnel	2.8%	−4.8%	7.6%
20 personnel	2.1%	+2.1%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.8%	−0.2%	0.9%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 2016

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	394
11 personnel → Singleback	167
12 personnel → Singleback	139
12 personnel → I_Form	62
11 personnel → Empty	55
21 personnel → I_Form	47
12 personnel → Shotgun	27
21 personnel → Singleback	26
13 personnel → Singleback	19
11 personnel → I_Form	12
20 personnel → Shotgun	12
12 personnel → Jumbo	11
22 personnel → I_Form	10
22 personnel → Singleback	10
12 personnel → Empty	9
11 personnel → Unknown	6
22 personnel → Jumbo	6
13 personnel → I_Form	5
20 personnel → Singleback	5
Other → Shotgun	5
12 personnel → Unknown	4
20 personnel → I_Form	4
21 personnel → Shotgun	4
Other → Empty	3
11 personnel → Other	2
22 personnel → Shotgun	2
13 personnel → Empty	1
20 personnel → Empty	1
21 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
Shotgun → Pass	393
Singleback → Run	252
Singleback → Pass	114
I_Form → Run	85
Empty → Pass	71
I_Form → Pass	55
Shotgun → Run	51
Jumbo → Run	16
Unknown → Pass	6
Unknown → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	1
Other → Pass	1
Other → Run	1
Pass → Failure	325
Run → Failure	265
Pass → Success	221
Run → Success	114
Pass → Explosive	95
Run → Explosive	30

San Francisco 49ers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
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