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San Francisco 49ers 2021 vs Miami Dolphins 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.

SF season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

MIA season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is San Francisco 49ers 2021 minus Miami Dolphins 2025

Metric	SF	Shift	MIA
Plays	1,193	—	939
Pass rate	53.7%	−2.7%	56.4%
Shotgun rate	47.7%	−5.3%	53.0%
Explosive rate	14.8%	+1.0%	13.8%
Success rate	44.8%	+2.8%	42.0%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	48.1%	+9.5%	38.7%
12 personnel	9.7%	−1.5%	11.2%
21 personnel	34.3%	+5.1%	29.2%
22 personnel	7.0%	−1.0%	8.0%
10 personnel	0.0%	−5.2%	5.2%
20 personnel	0.0%	−6.2%	6.2%
Other personnel	0.9%	−0.7%	1.6%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

San Francisco 49ers · 2021

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	393
21 personnel → Shotgun	142
21 personnel → I_Form	134
21 personnel → Singleback	95
11 personnel → Empty	77
11 personnel → Singleback	75
12 personnel → Singleback	71
22 personnel → I_Form	53
12 personnel → Shotgun	27
21 personnel → Empty	22
11 personnel → I_Form	17
22 personnel → Singleback	14
21 personnel → Pistol	13
12 personnel → Empty	11
11 personnel → Pistol	7
22 personnel → Empty	5
22 personnel → Shotgun	5
Other → Other	5
22 personnel → Other	4
11 personnel → Unknown	3
12 personnel → I_Form	3
12 personnel → Pistol	3
11 personnel → Other	2
21 personnel → Unknown	2
Other → Empty	2
Other → Shotgun	2
12 personnel → Unknown	1
21 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Pistol	1
22 personnel → Unknown	1
Other → I_Form	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	397
Singleback → Run	174
I_Form → Run	173
Shotgun → Run	172
Empty → Pass	109
Singleback → Pass	82
I_Form → Pass	35
Pistol → Run	14
Other → Run	10
Pistol → Pass	10
Empty → Run	8
Unknown → Pass	6
Other → Pass	2
Unknown → Run	1
Pass → Failure	339
Run → Failure	320
Pass → Success	183
Run → Success	174
Pass → Explosive	119
Run → Explosive	58

Miami Dolphins · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	265
21 personnel → Under Center	136
21 personnel → Shotgun	77
12 personnel → Shotgun	64
21 personnel → Pistol	61
11 personnel → Pistol	51
11 personnel → Under Center	47
10 personnel → Shotgun	42
22 personnel → Under Center	32
20 personnel → Under Center	28
12 personnel → Pistol	27
22 personnel → Shotgun	25
20 personnel → Shotgun	19
22 personnel → Pistol	18
12 personnel → Under Center	14
20 personnel → Pistol	11
Other → Pistol	6
Other → Shotgun	6
10 personnel → Pistol	4
10 personnel → Under Center	3
Other → Under Center	3
Shotgun → Pass	391
Under Center → Run	174
Pistol → Run	128
Shotgun → Run	107
Under Center → Pass	89
Pistol → Pass	50
Pass → Failure	300
Run → Failure	245
Pass → Success	154
Run → Success	110
Pass → Explosive	76
Run → Explosive	54