TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2023
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 2023
| Metric | SF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,175 | — | 1,098 |
| Pass rate | 59.4% | −0.1% | 59.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 52.4% | −10.1% | 62.6% |
| Explosive rate | 11.5% | −0.3% | 11.7% |
| Success rate | 47.7% | +5.8% | 41.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 43.5% | −15.7% | 59.2% |
| 12 personnel | 10.7% | −7.3% | 18.0% |
| 21 personnel | 37.3% | +33.9% | 3.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| 22 personnel | 7.6% | +7.6% | 0.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −13.3% | 13.3% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −1.0% | 1.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| Other personnel | 0.9% | −0.3% | 1.3% |
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 · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 427 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 213 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 127 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 116 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 78 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 19 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 18 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 17 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 10 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 9 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Under Center | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 552 |
| Under Center → Run | 297 |
| Shotgun → Run | 135 |
| Under Center → Pass | 98 |
| Pistol → Run | 12 |
| Pistol → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 362 |
| Run → Failure | 276 |
| Pass → Success | 199 |
| Run → Success | 132 |
| Pass → Explosive | 92 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |