TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Carolina Panthers 2016
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 Carolina Panthers 2016
| Metric | SF | Shift | CAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,044 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | +1.2% | 58.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −11.1% | 63.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −1.9% | 13.4% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +6.9% | 40.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −9.2% | 52.7% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −19.6% | 30.4% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +27.4% | 9.9% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +1.5% | 6.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −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 · 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 |
Carolina Panthers · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 468 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 72 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 47 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 41 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 40 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 27 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 27 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Singleback | 3 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Jumbo | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 461 |
| Shotgun → Run | 202 |
| Empty → Pass | 84 |
| I_Form → Run | 77 |
| Singleback → Run | 76 |
| Pistol → Run | 48 |
| Jumbo → Run | 27 |
| I_Form → Pass | 26 |
| Singleback → Pass | 21 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 348 |
| Run → Failure | 270 |
| Pass → Success | 164 |
| Run → Success | 122 |
| Pass → Explosive | 96 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |