TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2018 vs Detroit Lions 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 2018 minus Detroit Lions 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 987 | — | 1,050 |
| Pass rate | 60.1% | +0.7% | 59.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 32.7% | −18.7% | 51.4% |
| Explosive rate | 15.5% | +0.9% | 14.6% |
| Success rate | 43.6% | −1.7% | 45.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 38.8% | −23.4% | 62.2% |
| 12 personnel | 10.1% | −15.1% | 25.2% |
| 21 personnel | 43.0% | +39.6% | 3.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.0% | 5.0% |
| 22 personnel | 6.2% | +6.2% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −2.1% | 2.1% |
| Other personnel | 1.9% | +1.7% | 0.2% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2018
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 284 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 257 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 68 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 58 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 50 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 46 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 34 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 30 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| Other → Singleback | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| Other → Other | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 264 |
| I_Form → Run | 206 |
| I_Form → Pass | 116 |
| Empty → Pass | 102 |
| Singleback → Run | 100 |
| Singleback → Pass | 97 |
| Shotgun → Run | 59 |
| Pistol → Run | 15 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 316 |
| Run → Failure | 241 |
| Pass → Success | 178 |
| Pass → Explosive | 99 |
| Run → Success | 99 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |
Detroit Lions · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 443 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 213 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 209 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 48 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 21 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 17 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Under Center | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 455 |
| Under Center → Run | 337 |
| Under Center → Pass | 167 |
| Shotgun → Run | 85 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Run → Failure | 253 |
| Pass → Success | 191 |
| Run → Success | 131 |
| Pass → Explosive | 111 |
| Run → Explosive | 42 |