TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New England Patriots 2025 vs San Francisco 49ers 2023
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 2025 minus San Francisco 49ers 2023
| Metric | NE | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,264 | — | 1,192 |
| Pass rate | 60.8% | +5.4% | 55.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.0% | −0.9% | 56.9% |
| Explosive rate | 14.7% | −2.8% | 17.5% |
| Success rate | 46.1% | −4.1% | 50.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 52.8% | +12.5% | 40.4% |
| 12 personnel | 19.4% | +7.6% | 11.7% |
| 21 personnel | 17.5% | −21.0% | 38.5% |
| 22 personnel | 6.5% | −2.2% | 8.6% |
| 20 personnel | 1.8% | +1.8% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.5% | −0.3% | 0.8% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New England Patriots · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 500 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 131 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 89 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 64 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 21 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 603 |
| Under Center → Run | 388 |
| Under Center → Pass | 162 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 370 |
| Run → Failure | 311 |
| Pass → Success | 257 |
| Pass → Explosive | 141 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 363 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 229 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 199 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 110 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 75 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 69 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 57 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 30 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 26 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 525 |
| Under Center → Run | 338 |
| Shotgun → Run | 153 |
| Under Center → Pass | 121 |
| Pistol → Run | 40 |
| Pistol → Pass | 12 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 313 |
| Run → Failure | 280 |
| Pass → Success | 208 |
| Run → Success | 182 |
| Pass → Explosive | 139 |
| Run → Explosive | 70 |