TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Kansas City Chiefs 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 Kansas City Chiefs 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | KC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,018 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +3.4% | 62.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +22.7% | 57.0% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −0.8% | 12.7% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +3.2% | 42.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +16.0% | 49.2% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +10.7% | 19.5% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −9.4% | 11.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −9.6% | 9.6% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −2.8% | 2.8% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −2.5% | 2.5% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.4% | 1.4% |
| 02 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| 03 personnel | 0.0% | −2.2% | 2.2% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.2% | 0.4% |
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 |
Kansas City Chiefs · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 404 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 111 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 72 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 67 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 55 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 52 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 19 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 17 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 15 |
| 03 personnel → Empty | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 12 |
| 02 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 03 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 01 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 03 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 443 |
| Singleback → Run | 140 |
| Shotgun → Run | 137 |
| Empty → Pass | 76 |
| I_Form → Run | 69 |
| Singleback → Pass | 63 |
| I_Form → Pass | 31 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Pistol → Run | 14 |
| Jumbo → Run | 12 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 350 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 109 |
| Pass → Explosive | 92 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |