TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs Minnesota Vikings 2016
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 2025 minus Minnesota Vikings 2016
| Metric | BUF | Shift | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 991 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | −7.9% | 64.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | −8.5% | 58.2% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | +4.2% | 11.1% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | +6.7% | 42.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | −0.7% | 63.0% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −3.0% | 14.4% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | −0.8% | 9.7% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +3.2% | 2.1% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +3.3% | 7.7% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −2.2% | 2.2% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.2% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2025
| 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 |
Minnesota Vikings · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 504 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 70 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 64 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 63 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 54 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 49 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 37 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Wildcat | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Wildcat | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 486 |
| I_Form → Run | 108 |
| Singleback → Run | 107 |
| Shotgun → Run | 91 |
| Singleback → Pass | 50 |
| Empty → Pass | 46 |
| I_Form → Pass | 34 |
| Wildcat → Run | 24 |
| Jumbo → Run | 15 |
| Pistol → Run | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 333 |
| Run → Failure | 241 |
| Pass → Success | 211 |
| Run → Success | 96 |
| Pass → Explosive | 90 |
| Run → Explosive | 20 |