TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2017
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 New Orleans Saints 2017
| Metric | SF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,098 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | +1.6% | 57.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +16.7% | 35.7% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −4.1% | 15.6% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +1.4% | 46.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −6.6% | 50.1% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −10.9% | 21.6% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +23.9% | 13.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.1% | 3.1% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +3.5% | 4.1% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −2.8% | 2.8% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −3.9% | 3.9% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | +0.2% | 0.7% |
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 |
New Orleans Saints · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 270 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 172 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 155 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 94 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 80 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 28 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 27 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 20 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 14 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 345 |
| Singleback → Run | 283 |
| Empty → Pass | 130 |
| I_Form → Run | 107 |
| Singleback → Pass | 91 |
| I_Form → Pass | 53 |
| Shotgun → Run | 47 |
| Jumbo → Run | 18 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 312 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 131 |
| Pass → Explosive | 117 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |