TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2019 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 Orleans Saints 2019 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | NO | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,040 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 62.8% | +6.8% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 44.2% | −5.5% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 14.2% | −1.1% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 47.4% | −1.4% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 63.1% | +0.8% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 12.3% | +0.8% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 17.1% | +8.2% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 3.4% | −7.6% | 11.0% |
| 10 personnel | 1.7% | +1.7% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.6% | +1.6% | 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.
New Orleans Saints · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 363 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 206 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 100 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 57 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 53 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 39 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 19 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 17 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 13 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 9 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 10 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 393 |
| Singleback → Run | 182 |
| Singleback → Pass | 107 |
| I_Form → Run | 101 |
| Empty → Pass | 83 |
| Shotgun → Run | 67 |
| I_Form → Pass | 52 |
| Jumbo → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 12 |
| Pistol → Run | 10 |
| Empty → Run | 9 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Pass → Success | 225 |
| Run → Failure | 225 |
| Run → Success | 120 |
| Pass → Explosive | 106 |
| Run → Explosive | 42 |
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 |