NFL Shotgun Frequency, 2016 Highest Rate of Shotgun Lowest Rate of Shotgun 1 SF 99% 28 DAL 51% 2 DET 84% 29 TB 50% 3 BUF 80% 30 ARI 49% 4 CAR 78% 31 DEN 43% 5 GB 76% 32 ATL 40% NFL AVERAGE: 68%

NFL Shotgun Frequency, 2011 Highest Rate of Shotgun Lowest Rate of Shotgun 1 DET 68% 28 MIA 30% 2 BUF 58% 29 SF 28% 3 CAR 57% 30 OAK 25% 4 DEN 55% 31 HOU 19% 5 GB 52% 32 CHI 15% NFL AVERAGE: 41%

NFL Shotgun Frequency, 2006 Highest Rate of Shotgun Lowest Rate of Shotgun 1 MIA 44% 28 OAK 6% 2 NE 34% 29 SEA 3% 3 GB 34% 30 CHI 1% 4 IND 34% 31 HOU 1% 5 PIT 33% 32 TB 0% NFL AVERAGE: 19%

NFL Shotgun Frequency, 1996 Highest Rate of Shotgun Lowest Rate of Shotgun 1 NYJ 27% 18-30 13 of 30 teams did not take

a single snap from shotgun in 1996. 2 NO 26% 3 ARI 26% 4 MIA 25% 5 JAC 21% NFL AVERAGE: 7%

No, your eyes do not deceive you. The San Francisco 49ers set a new record by going shotgun (or pistol) on 99 percent of plays in 2016. This was Maximum Chip Kelly like the NFL had never seen before.

The 49ers only put their quarterback under center on ten offensive plays last season. TEN. Which means there were more teams that didn't run a single shotgun play 20 years ago -- 13, including the 1996 San Francisco 49ers -- than there were non-shotgun plays run by the 2016 San Francisco 49ers.

(By the way, in case it couldn't get stranger, none of those ten plays were short-yardage plays. Every one of the plays came with 9-10 yards to go except for a second-and-6, although we're only counting plays that counted here. There was also a second-and-4 where Daniel Kilgore got a false start. From Week 13 through Week 17, Colin Kaepernick never went under center.)

Also, for those of you curious because of today's signing of Adrian Peterson by New Orleans, the Saints ranked 25th last year, going shotgun on "only" 55 percent of snaps.