TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 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.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Pittsburgh Steelers 2020 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | PIT | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,106 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 67.1% | +11.1% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 64.8% | +15.1% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 10.7% | −4.7% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 44.0% | −4.8% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 76.9% | +14.6% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 11.3% | −0.2% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −7.0% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 3.7% | −7.3% | 11.0% |
| 01 personnel | 5.6% | +5.6% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.5% | −0.5% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 674 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Empty | 97 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 62 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 49 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 27 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 22 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 01 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 528 |
| Shotgun → Run | 189 |
| Empty → Pass | 173 |
| Singleback → Run | 99 |
| Jumbo → Run | 28 |
| I_Form → Run | 26 |
| Singleback → Pass | 25 |
| Pistol → Run | 22 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 397 |
| Pass → Success | 258 |
| Run → Failure | 222 |
| Run → Success | 111 |
| Pass → Explosive | 87 |
| Run → Explosive | 31 |
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 |