TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2016 vs New England Patriots 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 2016 minus New England Patriots 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 988 | — | 1,264 |
| Pass rate | 59.6% | −1.1% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 73.0% | +17.0% | 56.0% |
| Explosive rate | 12.2% | −2.5% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 39.6% | −6.5% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 76.2% | +23.4% | 52.8% |
| 12 personnel | 19.6% | +0.3% | 19.4% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −17.5% | 17.5% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −6.5% | 6.5% |
| 10 personnel | 1.6% | +1.6% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.2% | −0.6% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 1.3% | +0.8% | 0.5% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 565 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 129 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 37 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| Other → Pistol | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 501 |
| Shotgun → Run | 220 |
| Pistol → Run | 167 |
| Empty → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Pass | 28 |
| Singleback → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Singleback → Run | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Run → Failure | 250 |
| Pass → Success | 162 |
| Run → Success | 108 |
| Pass → Explosive | 80 |
| Run → Explosive | 41 |
New England Patriots · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 500 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 131 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 89 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 64 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 21 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 603 |
| Under Center → Run | 388 |
| Under Center → Pass | 162 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 370 |
| Run → Failure | 311 |
| Pass → Success | 257 |
| Pass → Explosive | 141 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |