TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2020 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 2020 minus New England Patriots 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,036 | — | 1,264 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −1.4% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 50.7% | −5.3% | 56.0% |
| Explosive rate | 14.2% | −0.5% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 46.0% | −0.1% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 44.7% | −8.2% | 52.8% |
| 12 personnel | 12.3% | −7.1% | 19.4% |
| 21 personnel | 33.4% | +15.9% | 17.5% |
| 22 personnel | 8.6% | +2.1% | 6.5% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 1.1% | +0.6% | 0.5% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 346 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 164 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 112 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 73 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 59 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 55 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 51 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 40 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 20 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → Jumbo | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 377 |
| I_Form → Run | 152 |
| Shotgun → Run | 148 |
| Singleback → Run | 108 |
| Singleback → Pass | 92 |
| Empty → Pass | 80 |
| I_Form → Pass | 60 |
| Jumbo → Run | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 137 |
| Pass → Explosive | 100 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |
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 |