TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2021 vs San Francisco 49ers 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 2021 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,233 | — | 1,175 |
| Pass rate | 64.6% | +5.2% | 59.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 64.9% | +12.5% | 52.4% |
| Explosive rate | 13.9% | +2.4% | 11.5% |
| Success rate | 48.7% | +1.0% | 47.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.3% | +28.8% | 43.5% |
| 12 personnel | 6.6% | −4.2% | 10.7% |
| 21 personnel | 10.6% | −26.7% | 37.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.6% | 7.6% |
| 10 personnel | 7.1% | +7.1% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.0% | +1.1% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 683 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 117 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 68 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 58 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 56 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 56 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 40 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 26 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 12 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| Other → Empty | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 7 |
| Other → Other | 7 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 590 |
| Shotgun → Run | 210 |
| Singleback → Run | 143 |
| Singleback → Pass | 79 |
| Empty → Pass | 75 |
| I_Form → Run | 51 |
| I_Form → Pass | 34 |
| Other → Run | 14 |
| Pistol → Pass | 11 |
| Pistol → Run | 9 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 5 |
| Empty → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 385 |
| Pass → Success | 289 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Pass → Explosive | 123 |
| Run → Explosive | 48 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 395 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 260 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 88 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 511 |
| Under Center → Run | 354 |
| Under Center → Pass | 178 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 337 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 263 |
| Run → Success | 162 |
| Pass → Explosive | 98 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |