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San Francisco 49ers 2019 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 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.

SF season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

PIT season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is San Francisco 49ers 2019 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025

Metric	SF	Shift	PIT
Plays	1,158	—	1,030
Pass rate	50.8%	−10.4%	61.2%
Shotgun rate	37.3%	−28.3%	65.6%
Explosive rate	16.4%	+4.6%	11.8%
Success rate	45.2%	+2.1%	43.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	40.7%	−9.7%	50.4%
12 personnel	18.5%	−13.9%	32.4%
21 personnel	29.1%	+26.8%	2.3%
13 personnel	1.1%	−11.7%	12.8%
22 personnel	10.0%	+10.0%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.6%	−1.1%	1.7%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

San Francisco 49ers · 2019

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	317
21 personnel → I_Form	202
11 personnel → Singleback	102
12 personnel → Singleback	91
12 personnel → I_Form	72
22 personnel → I_Form	64
21 personnel → Shotgun	57
21 personnel → Singleback	54
12 personnel → Shotgun	43
11 personnel → Empty	42
22 personnel → Singleback	29
21 personnel → Empty	16
22 personnel → Shotgun	12
12 personnel → Empty	7
13 personnel → Singleback	7
22 personnel → Jumbo	7
21 personnel → Other	6
11 personnel → I_Form	5
11 personnel → Other	4
22 personnel → Empty	4
Other → Jumbo	4
13 personnel → Shotgun	3
13 personnel → I_Form	2
21 personnel → Jumbo	2
Other → I_Form	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
12 personnel → Other	1
13 personnel → Jumbo	1
Other → Empty	1
Shotgun → Pass	311
I_Form → Run	259
Singleback → Run	166
Shotgun → Run	121
Singleback → Pass	117
I_Form → Pass	88
Empty → Pass	68
Jumbo → Run	14
Other → Run	8
Other → Pass	3
Empty → Run	2
Jumbo → Pass	1
Run → Failure	339
Pass → Failure	296
Pass → Success	178
Run → Success	155
Pass → Explosive	114
Run → Explosive	76

Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	391
12 personnel → Shotgun	192
12 personnel → Under Center	136
11 personnel → Under Center	124
13 personnel → Under Center	67
13 personnel → Shotgun	61
21 personnel → Shotgun	22
Other → Shotgun	10
12 personnel → Pistol	6
Other → Under Center	6
11 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Pistol	4
Unknown → Under Center	3
Other → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Pistol	1
21 personnel → Under Center	1
Shotgun → Pass	524
Under Center → Run	237
Shotgun → Run	152
Under Center → Pass	100
Pistol → Run	11
Pistol → Pass	6
Pass → Failure	363
Run → Failure	223
Pass → Success	189
Run → Success	133
Pass → Explosive	78
Run → Explosive	44