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San Francisco 49ers 2022 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 2022 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025

Metric	SF	Shift	PIT
Plays	1,201	—	1,030
Pass rate	53.5%	−7.7%	61.2%
Shotgun rate	48.3%	−17.3%	65.6%
Explosive rate	14.5%	+2.6%	11.8%
Success rate	45.8%	+2.7%	43.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	43.0%	−7.3%	50.4%
12 personnel	14.7%	−17.8%	32.4%
21 personnel	34.5%	+32.1%	2.3%
13 personnel	0.0%	−12.8%	12.8%
22 personnel	6.3%	+6.3%	0.0%
Other personnel	1.5%	−0.2%	1.7%

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

San Francisco 49ers · 2022

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	355
21 personnel → Shotgun	148
21 personnel → I_Form	121
21 personnel → Singleback	86
12 personnel → Singleback	82
11 personnel → Singleback	76
12 personnel → Shotgun	70
11 personnel → Empty	65
21 personnel → Pistol	39
22 personnel → I_Form	35
22 personnel → Singleback	26
21 personnel → Empty	17
11 personnel → Pistol	16
12 personnel → Pistol	10
12 personnel → Empty	9
Other → Jumbo	9
12 personnel → I_Form	5
22 personnel → Jumbo	5
22 personnel → Shotgun	5
11 personnel → I_Form	4
22 personnel → Empty	4
Other → Pistol	3
21 personnel → Other	2
Other → I_Form	2
Other → Shotgun	2
11 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
22 personnel → Pistol	1
Other → Empty	1
Other → Singleback	1
Shotgun → Pass	422
Singleback → Run	185
Shotgun → Run	158
I_Form → Run	146
Empty → Pass	92
Singleback → Pass	86
Pistol → Run	50
I_Form → Pass	21
Pistol → Pass	19
Jumbo → Run	15
Empty → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	1
Other → Pass	1
Other → Run	1
Pass → Failure	331
Run → Failure	320
Pass → Success	204
Run → Success	172
Pass → Explosive	107
Run → Explosive	67

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