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Miami Dolphins 2020 vs Buffalo Bills 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.

MIA season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

BUF season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is Miami Dolphins 2020 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	MIA	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,003	—	1,194
Pass rate	62.1%	+6.1%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	55.2%	+5.5%	49.7%
Explosive rate	13.0%	−2.4%	15.3%
Success rate	45.9%	−3.0%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	29.2%	−33.1%	62.3%
12 personnel	22.6%	+11.2%	11.5%
21 personnel	29.9%	+21.0%	8.9%
13 personnel	3.1%	−2.2%	5.3%
22 personnel	8.5%	−2.5%	11.0%
20 personnel	3.1%	+3.1%	0.0%
31 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.6%	−0.5%	1.1%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

Miami Dolphins · 2020

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	234
21 personnel → Shotgun	166
12 personnel → Shotgun	98
12 personnel → Singleback	60
21 personnel → Pistol	49
12 personnel → Pistol	46
21 personnel → Empty	44
11 personnel → Empty	43
21 personnel → I_Form	27
22 personnel → I_Form	26
22 personnel → Pistol	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Shotgun	18
31 personnel → Shotgun	18
13 personnel → Singleback	17
12 personnel → Empty	10
12 personnel → Jumbo	9
22 personnel → Jumbo	9
11 personnel → Singleback	8
21 personnel → Singleback	8
31 personnel → Empty	7
13 personnel → Pistol	6
13 personnel → Empty	5
20 personnel → Pistol	5
22 personnel → Empty	5
11 personnel → Pistol	4
21 personnel → Wildcat	4
12 personnel → Unknown	3
20 personnel → Wildcat	3
11 personnel → I_Form	2
13 personnel → I_Form	2
20 personnel → Empty	2
20 personnel → I_Form	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
Other → Singleback	2
Other → Wildcat	2
Unknown → Unknown	2
11 personnel → Unknown	1
11 personnel → Wildcat	1
12 personnel → I_Form	1
13 personnel → Wildcat	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Unknown	1
31 personnel → Pistol	1
31 personnel → Singleback	1
31 personnel → Wildcat	1
Other → Jumbo	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	388
Shotgun → Run	166
Empty → Pass	112
Pistol → Pass	68
Pistol → Run	68
Singleback → Run	57
I_Form → Run	50
Singleback → Pass	41
Jumbo → Run	17
Wildcat → Run	12
I_Form → Pass	10
Unknown → Run	6
Empty → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	3
Unknown → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	314
Run → Failure	229
Pass → Success	212
Run → Success	118
Pass → Explosive	97
Run → Explosive	33

Buffalo Bills · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
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