TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2023
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 Buffalo Bills 2023
| Metric | SF | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,234 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | +0.3% | 59.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −21.4% | 73.8% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −1.8% | 13.3% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | −1.8% | 49.4% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −22.7% | 66.2% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −8.5% | 19.2% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +31.8% | 5.4% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +6.0% | 1.5% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −1.3% | 2.2% |
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 |
Buffalo Bills · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 680 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 136 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 72 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 47 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 44 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| Other → Shotgun | 19 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 13 |
| Other → Under Center | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 650 |
| Shotgun → Run | 261 |
| Under Center → Run | 242 |
| Under Center → Pass | 78 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 264 |
| Pass → Success | 256 |
| Run → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 113 |
| Run → Explosive | 51 |