TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Buffalo Bills 2018 vs Carolina Panthers 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.

BUF season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

CAR 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 Buffalo Bills 2018 minus Carolina Panthers 2025

Metric	BUF	Shift	CAR
Plays	998	—	1,054
Pass rate	59.5%	+0.1%	59.4%
Shotgun rate	46.6%	−13.2%	59.8%
Explosive rate	10.5%	−1.1%	11.6%
Success rate	37.7%	−5.5%	43.2%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	69.0%	+2.4%	66.6%
12 personnel	14.0%	−6.9%	21.0%
21 personnel	12.0%	+10.2%	1.8%
13 personnel	0.0%	−8.3%	8.3%
22 personnel	1.7%	+0.7%	1.0%
20 personnel	1.3%	+1.3%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.6%	+0.3%	1.3%

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

Buffalo Bills · 2018

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	410
11 personnel → Singleback	186
12 personnel → Singleback	99
21 personnel → I_Form	89
11 personnel → Empty	70
12 personnel → Shotgun	30
21 personnel → Shotgun	18
11 personnel → Pistol	11
20 personnel → I_Form	10
22 personnel → I_Form	8
12 personnel → Empty	6
22 personnel → Other	6
Other → Singleback	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Unknown	5
21 personnel → Other	5
21 personnel → Singleback	5
Other → Empty	4
20 personnel → Shotgun	3
Other → Shotgun	3
Unknown → Unknown	3
11 personnel → Other	2
12 personnel → Pistol	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Pistol	2
22 personnel → Empty	2
Other → Other	2
12 personnel → I_Form	1
21 personnel → Empty	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → I_Form	1
Shotgun → Pass	356
Singleback → Run	189
Shotgun → Run	109
Singleback → Pass	107
I_Form → Run	79
Empty → Pass	78
I_Form → Pass	35
Other → Run	14
Unknown → Pass	9
Pistol → Pass	8
Pistol → Run	7
Empty → Run	5
Other → Pass	1
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	360
Run → Failure	262
Pass → Success	159
Run → Success	112
Pass → Explosive	75
Run → Explosive	30

Carolina Panthers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	552
12 personnel → Under Center	150
11 personnel → Under Center	104
13 personnel → Under Center	79
11 personnel → Pistol	45
12 personnel → Shotgun	45
12 personnel → Pistol	26
21 personnel → Shotgun	15
Other → Shotgun	13
22 personnel → Under Center	10
13 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	4
21 personnel → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Under Center	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
22 personnel → Shotgun	1
Other → Pistol	1
Shotgun → Pass	507
Under Center → Run	256
Shotgun → Run	123
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Run	49
Pistol → Pass	29
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	352
Run → Failure	247
Pass → Success	188
Run → Success	145
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	36