TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2017 vs Cleveland Browns 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Buffalo Bills 2017 minus Cleveland Browns 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,066 | — | 1,024 |
| Pass rate | 57.4% | −5.0% | 62.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 44.3% | −21.4% | 65.7% |
| Explosive rate | 11.1% | +1.2% | 9.9% |
| Success rate | 38.6% | +4.1% | 34.6% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 57.3% | +11.8% | 45.5% |
| 12 personnel | 17.9% | −26.6% | 44.5% |
| 21 personnel | 18.7% | +17.4% | 1.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −4.7% | 4.7% |
| 22 personnel | 5.0% | +5.0% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | −0.3% | 1.5% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 440 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 168 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 144 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 110 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 57 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 44 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 25 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| Other → Singleback | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 372 |
| Singleback → Run | 174 |
| I_Form → Run | 156 |
| Singleback → Pass | 108 |
| Shotgun → Run | 100 |
| Empty → Pass | 67 |
| I_Form → Pass | 58 |
| Jumbo → Run | 12 |
| Empty → Run | 6 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 294 |
| Pass → Success | 183 |
| Run → Success | 111 |
| Pass → Explosive | 69 |
| Run → Explosive | 49 |
Cleveland Browns · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 367 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 260 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 181 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 94 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 23 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| Other → Under Center | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 535 |
| Under Center → Run | 235 |
| Shotgun → Run | 138 |
| Under Center → Pass | 92 |
| Pistol → Run | 12 |
| Pistol → Pass | 11 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 419 |
| Run → Failure | 251 |
| Pass → Success | 150 |
| Run → Success | 103 |
| Pass → Explosive | 70 |
| Run → Explosive | 31 |