TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 2023
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 San Francisco 49ers 2023
| Metric | BUF | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,194 | — | 1,192 |
| Pass rate | 56.0% | +0.7% | 55.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 49.7% | −7.1% | 56.9% |
| Explosive rate | 15.3% | −2.2% | 17.5% |
| Success rate | 48.8% | −1.4% | 50.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.3% | +22.0% | 40.4% |
| 12 personnel | 11.5% | −0.3% | 11.7% |
| 21 personnel | 8.9% | −29.6% | 38.5% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +5.3% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 11.0% | +2.3% | 8.6% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.3% | 0.8% |
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 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 363 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 229 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 199 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 110 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 75 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 69 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 57 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 30 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 26 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 525 |
| Under Center → Run | 338 |
| Shotgun → Run | 153 |
| Under Center → Pass | 121 |
| Pistol → Run | 40 |
| Pistol → Pass | 12 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 313 |
| Run → Failure | 280 |
| Pass → Success | 208 |
| Run → Success | 182 |
| Pass → Explosive | 139 |
| Run → Explosive | 70 |