TEAM FINGERPRINT · EVOLUTION
Cincinnati Bengals, 2016–2025
How this offense’s identity shifted, season by season — how often it passed, how much it lived in the shotgun, which personnel groupings it leaned on, and how efficient it was. Counted from nflverse charting, not modeled.
Play-calling tendencies · share of offensive snaps, by season
| Season | Pass rate | Shotgun rate | Success rate | Explosive rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 60.1% | 54.6% | 44.7% | 10.9% |
| 2017 | 61.7% | 59.8% | 38.3% | 12.1% |
| 2018 | 64.5% | 58.8% | 42.4% | 14.0% |
| 2019 | 65.1% | 60.0% | 39.6% | 12.7% |
| 2020 | 63.0% | 60.4% | 43.6% | 10.8% |
| 2021 | 62.0% | 49.1% | 43.5% | 14.1% |
| 2022 | 66.5% | 68.2% | 47.7% | 11.7% |
| 2023 | 67.3% | 84.2% | 43.9% | 10.7% |
| 2024 | 67.6% | 78.3% | 47.3% | 12.3% |
| 2025 | 65.8% | 79.7% | 45.5% | 11.9% |
Personnel groupings · share of snaps, stacked to 100%, by season
| Season | 11 | 12 | 13 | 02 | 10 | 21 | 01 | 00 | Other | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 72.8% | 21.9% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 71.0% | 21.5% | 5.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 73.3% | 18.8% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 77.5% | 17.6% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 75.8% | 15.2% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 4.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 77.9% | 18.6% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 84.9% | 12.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 73.5% | 15.6% | 0.0% | 5.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 60.2% | 33.2% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| 2025 | 65.2% | 30.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% |