TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2021
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 Detroit Lions 2021
| Metric | SF | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,050 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −1.3% | 60.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +1.7% | 50.8% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −1.0% | 12.5% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +5.9% | 41.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −18.0% | 61.5% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −4.6% | 15.3% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +25.8% | 11.4% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +4.7% | 2.9% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −3.8% | 3.8% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −1.6% | 1.6% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −2.3% | 2.3% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | +0.2% | 0.8% |
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 |
Detroit Lions · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 426 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 158 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 111 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 46 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 41 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 40 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 30 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 29 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 27 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 11 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 7 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| Other → Singleback | 6 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 417 |
| Singleback → Run | 231 |
| Shotgun → Run | 116 |
| Singleback → Pass | 112 |
| Empty → Pass | 76 |
| I_Form → Run | 44 |
| I_Form → Pass | 17 |
| Jumbo → Run | 11 |
| Unknown → Pass | 7 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Pistol → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 353 |
| Run → Failure | 258 |
| Pass → Success | 201 |
| Run → Success | 107 |
| Pass → Explosive | 83 |
| Run → Explosive | 48 |