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New Orleans Saints 2020 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.

NO 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 New Orleans Saints 2020 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	NO	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,159	—	1,194
Pass rate	55.6%	−0.5%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	43.1%	−6.7%	49.7%
Explosive rate	13.7%	−1.6%	15.3%
Success rate	47.4%	−1.5%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	55.5%	−6.8%	62.3%
12 personnel	15.4%	+4.0%	11.5%
21 personnel	13.5%	+4.6%	8.9%
13 personnel	2.3%	−2.9%	5.3%
22 personnel	5.6%	−5.4%	11.0%
10 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
20 personnel	2.8%	+2.8%	0.0%
Other personnel	2.1%	+1.0%	1.1%

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

New Orleans Saints · 2020

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	347
11 personnel → Singleback	213
12 personnel → Singleback	112
11 personnel → Empty	59
21 personnel → I_Form	50
21 personnel → Shotgun	44
12 personnel → Shotgun	43
22 personnel → I_Form	29
21 personnel → Singleback	28
21 personnel → Empty	23
20 personnel → Shotgun	21
10 personnel → Shotgun	14
10 personnel → Singleback	13
13 personnel → Singleback	13
13 personnel → Shotgun	11
Other → Shotgun	11
22 personnel → Jumbo	10
11 personnel → I_Form	9
12 personnel → Jumbo	9
11 personnel → Pistol	8
20 personnel → I_Form	8
22 personnel → Shotgun	8
Other → Empty	8
12 personnel → Empty	6
12 personnel → I_Form	6
22 personnel → Empty	6
22 personnel → Singleback	6
21 personnel → Pistol	5
10 personnel → Empty	4
21 personnel → Jumbo	4
22 personnel → Pistol	4
11 personnel → Jumbo	3
Other → I_Form	3
10 personnel → Pistol	2
11 personnel → Other	2
11 personnel → Unknown	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
12 personnel → Other	1
12 personnel → Pistol	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → Empty	1
13 personnel → Jumbo	1
13 personnel → Pistol	1
20 personnel → Empty	1
20 personnel → Other	1
20 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Other	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	398
Singleback → Run	272
Singleback → Pass	114
Shotgun → Run	101
Empty → Pass	74
I_Form → Run	72
Empty → Run	34
I_Form → Pass	33
Jumbo → Run	23
Pistol → Pass	16
Pistol → Run	6
Other → Run	5
Jumbo → Pass	4
Unknown → Pass	4
Unknown → Run	2
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	332
Run → Failure	278
Pass → Success	211
Run → Success	179
Pass → Explosive	101
Run → Explosive	58

Buffalo Bills · 2025

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