TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Arizona Cardinals 2017
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 San Francisco 49ers 2025 minus Arizona Cardinals 2017
| Metric | SF | Shift | ARI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,044 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −4.3% | 63.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +23.6% | 28.8% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −0.9% | 12.4% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +10.3% | 37.4% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −8.1% | 51.6% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −16.0% | 26.7% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +37.3% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −4.6% | 4.6% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −14.0% | 14.0% |
| 00 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −1.1% | 2.0% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 395 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 260 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 88 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 511 |
| Under Center → Run | 354 |
| Under Center → Pass | 178 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 337 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 263 |
| Run → Success | 162 |
| Pass → Explosive | 98 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |
Arizona Cardinals · 2017
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 244 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 203 |
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 186 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 85 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 84 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 46 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 32 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 28 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 22 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 21 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 13 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 00 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 10 |
| Other → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 9 |
| Other → Empty | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 10 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 00 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Jumbo | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Singleback → Run | 293 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 276 |
| Singleback → Pass | 197 |
| Empty → Pass | 174 |
| I_Form → Run | 41 |
| Shotgun → Run | 25 |
| I_Form → Pass | 10 |
| Jumbo → Run | 10 |
| Other → Run | 7 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 399 |
| Run → Failure | 255 |
| Pass → Success | 161 |
| Pass → Explosive | 105 |
| Run → Success | 100 |
| Run → Explosive | 24 |