TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New England Patriots 2023 vs San Francisco 49ers 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 2023 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025
| Metric | NE | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,014 | — | 1,175 |
| Pass rate | 61.7% | +2.3% | 59.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 66.4% | +13.9% | 52.4% |
| Explosive rate | 9.7% | −1.8% | 11.5% |
| Success rate | 39.0% | −8.7% | 47.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.5% | +7.0% | 43.5% |
| 12 personnel | 39.0% | +28.2% | 10.7% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | −35.0% | 37.3% |
| 13 personnel | 6.1% | +6.1% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.6% | 7.6% |
| 01 personnel | 1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.0% | +0.1% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New England Patriots · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 409 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 217 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 178 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 102 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 51 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 3 |
| Other → Under Center | 3 |
| 01 personnel → Under Center | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 519 |
| Under Center → Run | 232 |
| Shotgun → Run | 154 |
| Under Center → Pass | 104 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 381 |
| Run → Failure | 238 |
| Pass → Success | 170 |
| Run → Success | 127 |
| Pass → Explosive | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 23 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 395 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 260 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 88 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 511 |
| Under Center → Run | 354 |
| Under Center → Pass | 178 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 337 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 263 |
| Run → Success | 162 |
| Pass → Explosive | 98 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |