TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2024 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 2024 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | NO | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,022 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 60.1% | +4.0% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 54.5% | +4.8% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 12.6% | −2.7% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 40.7% | −8.1% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 33.7% | −28.7% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 30.9% | +19.4% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 16.3% | +7.5% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 8.7% | +3.4% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 7.9% | −3.0% | 11.0% |
| 03 personnel | 1.2% | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | −0.0% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 285 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 171 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 130 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 118 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 73 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 48 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 44 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 42 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 33 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 4 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 466 |
| Under Center → Run | 282 |
| Under Center → Pass | 137 |
| Shotgun → Run | 91 |
| Pistol → Run | 35 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 369 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 157 |
| Run → Success | 130 |
| Pass → Explosive | 88 |
| Run → Explosive | 41 |
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 |