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San Francisco 49ers 2017 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.

SF 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 San Francisco 49ers 2017 minus Buffalo Bills 2025

Metric	SF	Shift	BUF
Plays	1,045	—	1,194
Pass rate	63.5%	+7.5%	56.0%
Shotgun rate	34.1%	−15.7%	49.7%
Explosive rate	13.0%	−2.3%	15.3%
Success rate	41.1%	−7.8%	48.8%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	46.4%	−15.9%	62.3%
12 personnel	14.7%	+3.3%	11.5%
21 personnel	32.2%	+23.3%	8.9%
13 personnel	2.0%	−3.3%	5.3%
22 personnel	2.6%	−8.4%	11.0%
20 personnel	1.3%	+1.3%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.8%	−0.3%	1.1%

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

San Francisco 49ers · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	315
21 personnel → I_Form	249
12 personnel → Singleback	109
11 personnel → Singleback	95
11 personnel → Empty	59
21 personnel → Singleback	41
21 personnel → Shotgun	19
21 personnel → Pistol	16
22 personnel → I_Form	15
11 personnel → Pistol	13
12 personnel → Empty	13
12 personnel → I_Form	13
12 personnel → Pistol	11
13 personnel → Singleback	11
20 personnel → Shotgun	8
21 personnel → Empty	8
12 personnel → Shotgun	7
20 personnel → I_Form	6
13 personnel → Empty	5
22 personnel → Singleback	5
13 personnel → Other	3
21 personnel → Unknown	3
22 personnel → Shotgun	3
Other → Other	3
Other → Shotgun	3
11 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Empty	2
11 personnel → I_Form	1
12 personnel → Unknown	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
13 personnel → Shotgun	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → Empty	1
Other → I_Form	1
Shotgun → Pass	304
I_Form → Run	173
Singleback → Pass	137
Singleback → Run	124
I_Form → Pass	113
Empty → Pass	85
Shotgun → Run	52
Pistol → Run	21
Pistol → Pass	19
Other → Run	6
Unknown → Pass	5
Empty → Run	3
Unknown → Run	2
Other → Pass	1
Pass → Failure	378
Run → Failure	238
Pass → Success	200
Run → Success	93
Pass → Explosive	86
Run → Explosive	50

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