TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 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 San Francisco 49ers 2024 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,012 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 60.4% | +4.3% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.9% | +7.2% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 14.0% | −1.3% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 46.1% | −2.7% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 49.2% | −13.1% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 7.5% | −4.0% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 35.6% | +26.7% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 4.2% | −6.7% | 11.0% |
| 01 personnel | 1.2% | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| 02 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.0% | −0.1% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 398 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 189 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 142 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 89 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 56 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 38 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 29 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| Other → Under Center | 10 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 486 |
| Under Center → Run | 275 |
| Under Center → Pass | 116 |
| Shotgun → Run | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 36 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Pass → Failure | 308 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 119 |
| Pass → Explosive | 97 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |
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 |