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Atlanta Falcons 2017 vs Buffalo Bills 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.

ATL season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

BUF 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 Atlanta Falcons 2017 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	ATL	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,099	—	1,194
Pass rate	58.4%	+2.4%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	33.1%	−16.6%	49.7%
Explosive rate	14.4%	−0.9%	15.3%
Success rate	43.9%	−4.9%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	48.9%	−13.4%	62.3%
12 personnel	22.1%	+10.6%	11.5%
21 personnel	17.7%	+8.8%	8.9%
13 personnel	1.8%	−3.5%	5.3%
22 personnel	2.6%	−8.3%	11.0%
10 personnel	2.7%	+2.7%	0.0%
20 personnel	3.7%	+3.7%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.4%	−0.7%	1.1%

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

Atlanta Falcons · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	303
12 personnel → Singleback	208
11 personnel → Singleback	162
21 personnel → I_Form	156
11 personnel → Empty	56
10 personnel → Shotgun	23
22 personnel → I_Form	23
20 personnel → I_Form	21
12 personnel → Shotgun	15
13 personnel → Singleback	15
21 personnel → Shotgun	12
20 personnel → Shotgun	10
21 personnel → Singleback	10
12 personnel → Empty	8
20 personnel → Empty	8
12 personnel → Jumbo	7
21 personnel → Empty	7
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Other	5
11 personnel → Pistol	5
10 personnel → Empty	4
21 personnel → Pistol	4
12 personnel → Pistol	3
22 personnel → Jumbo	3
Other → Empty	3
10 personnel → Singleback	2
13 personnel → Empty	2
13 personnel → Jumbo	2
21 personnel → Other	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
10 personnel → Pistol	1
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
20 personnel → Pistol	1
20 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
22 personnel → Empty	1
Other → Other	1
Unknown → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	313
Singleback → Run	247
Singleback → Pass	152
I_Form → Run	128
Empty → Pass	88
I_Form → Pass	78
Shotgun → Run	51
Jumbo → Run	9
Pistol → Run	9
Other → Run	7
Pistol → Pass	5
Unknown → Run	5
Jumbo → Pass	4
Empty → Run	1
Other → Pass	1
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	329
Run → Failure	287
Pass → Success	204
Run → Success	121
Pass → Explosive	109
Run → Explosive	49

Buffalo Bills · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	510
11 personnel → Under Center	227
22 personnel → Under Center	123
12 personnel → Under Center	92
21 personnel → Under Center	83
13 personnel → Under Center	57
12 personnel → Shotgun	43
21 personnel → Shotgun	16
Other → Shotgun	11
22 personnel → Shotgun	8
21 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
13 personnel → Shotgun	6
Other → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
12 personnel → Pistol	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
Shotgun → Pass	488
Under Center → Run	413
Under Center → Pass	171
Shotgun → Run	106
Pistol → Pass	10
Pistol → Run	4
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	338
Run → Failure	273
Pass → Success	210
Run → Success	190
Pass → Explosive	121
Run → Explosive	62