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Miami Dolphins 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2021

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 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2021

Metric	MIA	Shift	BUF
Plays	939	—	1,233
Pass rate	56.4%	−8.2%	64.6%
Shotgun rate	53.0%	−11.8%	64.9%
Explosive rate	13.8%	−0.0%	13.9%
Success rate	42.0%	−6.7%	48.7%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	38.7%	−33.6%	72.3%
12 personnel	11.2%	+4.6%	6.6%
21 personnel	29.2%	+18.6%	10.6%
22 personnel	8.0%	+8.0%	0.0%
10 personnel	5.2%	−1.9%	7.1%
20 personnel	6.2%	+4.9%	1.3%
Other personnel	1.6%	−0.4%	2.0%

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

Miami Dolphins · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	265
21 personnel → Under Center	136
21 personnel → Shotgun	77
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
21 personnel → Pistol	61
11 personnel → Pistol	51
11 personnel → Under Center	47
10 personnel → Shotgun	42
22 personnel → Under Center	32
20 personnel → Under Center	28
12 personnel → Pistol	27
22 personnel → Shotgun	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Pistol	18
12 personnel → Under Center	14
20 personnel → Pistol	11
Other → Pistol	6
Other → Shotgun	6
10 personnel → Pistol	4
10 personnel → Under Center	3
Other → Under Center	3
Shotgun → Pass	391
Under Center → Run	174
Pistol → Run	128
Shotgun → Run	107
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Pass	50
Pass → Failure	300
Run → Failure	245
Pass → Success	154
Run → Success	110
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	54

Buffalo Bills · 2021

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