TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2023 vs New England Patriots 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 2023 minus New England Patriots 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,234 | — | 1,264 |
| Pass rate | 59.1% | −1.7% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 73.8% | +17.8% | 56.0% |
| Explosive rate | 13.3% | −1.4% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 49.4% | +3.3% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 66.2% | +13.4% | 52.8% |
| 12 personnel | 19.2% | −0.2% | 19.4% |
| 21 personnel | 5.4% | −12.1% | 17.5% |
| 22 personnel | 1.5% | −4.9% | 6.5% |
| 10 personnel | 5.3% | +5.3% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.7% | 0.5% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 680 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 136 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 72 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 47 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 44 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| Other → Shotgun | 19 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 13 |
| Other → Under Center | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 650 |
| Shotgun → Run | 261 |
| Under Center → Run | 242 |
| Under Center → Pass | 78 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 264 |
| Pass → Success | 256 |
| Run → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 113 |
| Run → Explosive | 51 |
New England Patriots · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 500 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 131 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 89 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 64 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 21 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 603 |
| Under Center → Run | 388 |
| Under Center → Pass | 162 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 370 |
| Run → Failure | 311 |
| Pass → Success | 257 |
| Pass → Explosive | 141 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |