TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Detroit Lions 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2020
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 Detroit Lions 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2020
| Metric | DET | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,050 | — | 1,185 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −7.2% | 66.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 51.4% | −4.8% | 56.2% |
| Explosive rate | 14.6% | −0.8% | 15.4% |
| Success rate | 45.2% | −4.5% | 49.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 62.2% | −10.4% | 72.6% |
| 12 personnel | 25.2% | +17.5% | 7.8% |
| 21 personnel | 3.3% | +3.3% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 5.0% | +3.9% | 1.0% |
| 10 personnel | 1.9% | −14.5% | 16.4% |
| 20 personnel | 2.1% | +0.7% | 1.4% |
| Other personnel | 0.2% | −0.7% | 0.8% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Detroit Lions · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 443 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 213 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 209 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 48 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 21 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 17 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Under Center | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 455 |
| Under Center → Run | 337 |
| Under Center → Pass | 167 |
| Shotgun → Run | 85 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Run → Failure | 253 |
| Pass → Success | 191 |
| Run → Success | 131 |
| Pass → Explosive | 111 |
| Run → Explosive | 42 |
Buffalo Bills · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 505 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 194 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 132 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 93 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 64 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 40 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 36 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| Other → Other | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 529 |
| Singleback → Run | 177 |
| Shotgun → Run | 137 |
| Empty → Pass | 129 |
| Singleback → Pass | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 40 |
| I_Form → Run | 25 |
| Pistol → Pass | 17 |
| I_Form → Pass | 15 |
| Other → Run | 8 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Empty → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 365 |
| Pass → Success | 292 |
| Run → Failure | 231 |
| Pass → Explosive | 132 |
| Run → Success | 115 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |