TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New England Patriots 2017 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is New England Patriots 2017 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | NE | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,260 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 61.3% | +5.3% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 38.3% | −11.5% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 15.5% | +0.1% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 48.3% | −0.6% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 46.7% | −15.6% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 15.9% | +4.4% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 25.6% | +16.7% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 2.5% | −2.8% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 6.0% | −5.0% | 11.0% |
| 10 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| 23 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −0.2% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New England Patriots · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 337 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 190 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 107 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 75 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 53 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 33 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 32 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 21 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 19 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| Other → I_Form | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Wildcat | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 404 |
| I_Form → Run | 207 |
| Singleback → Run | 157 |
| Empty → Pass | 133 |
| Singleback → Pass | 129 |
| Shotgun → Run | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 56 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 41 |
| Jumbo → Run | 22 |
| Wildcat → Run | 20 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 384 |
| Run → Failure | 268 |
| Pass → Success | 241 |
| Run → Success | 172 |
| Pass → Explosive | 148 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |
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 |