TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2022
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 2022
| Metric | SF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,001 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | +3.3% | 56.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | +4.3% | 48.2% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −1.1% | 12.6% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +2.1% | 45.6% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −8.4% | 51.8% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −16.5% | 27.3% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +31.8% | 5.5% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −9.3% | 9.3% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +4.6% | 3.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −1.1% | 2.0% |
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 · 2022
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 380 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 122 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 111 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 64 |
| 13 personnel → Wildcat | 49 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 48 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 25 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 24 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 19 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 16 |
| Other → Wildcat | 10 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 9 |
| Other → Shotgun | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 419 |
| Singleback → Run | 193 |
| Wildcat → Run | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 79 |
| Shotgun → Run | 63 |
| I_Form → Run | 52 |
| Empty → Pass | 30 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 21 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| I_Form → Pass | 10 |
| Empty → Run | 7 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Pistol → Pass | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 289 |
| Run → Failure | 256 |
| Pass → Success | 190 |
| Run → Success | 140 |
| Pass → Explosive | 83 |
| Run → Explosive | 43 |