TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Carolina Panthers 2016
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 Cincinnati Bengals 2025 minus Carolina Panthers 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | CAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,044 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +7.6% | 58.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +16.2% | 63.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.5% | 13.4% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +4.7% | 40.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +12.5% | 52.7% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | −0.1% | 30.4% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −8.0% | 9.9% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −6.0% | 6.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.5% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Cincinnati Bengals · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 600 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 200 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 100 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 68 |
| Other → Shotgun | 23 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 9 |
| Other → Under Center | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 624 |
| Shotgun → Run | 208 |
| Under Center → Run | 132 |
| Under Center → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Pass → Failure | 374 |
| Pass → Success | 223 |
| Run → Failure | 195 |
| Run → Success | 128 |
| Pass → Explosive | 90 |
| Run → Explosive | 34 |
Carolina Panthers · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 468 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 165 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 72 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 47 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 41 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 40 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 27 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 27 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Singleback | 3 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Jumbo | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 461 |
| Shotgun → Run | 202 |
| Empty → Pass | 84 |
| I_Form → Run | 77 |
| Singleback → Run | 76 |
| Pistol → Run | 48 |
| Jumbo → Run | 27 |
| I_Form → Pass | 26 |
| Singleback → Pass | 21 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 348 |
| Run → Failure | 270 |
| Pass → Success | 164 |
| Run → Success | 122 |
| Pass → Explosive | 96 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |