TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Dallas Cowboys 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 Dallas Cowboys 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,055 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +11.0% | 54.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +40.8% | 38.9% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −3.4% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −3.4% | 48.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +3.3% | 61.9% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +10.3% | 20.0% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −6.5% | 8.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.1% | 4.1% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −3.6% | 3.6% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.5% | 0.1% |
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 |
Dallas Cowboys · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 385 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 167 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 166 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 60 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 35 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 31 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 15 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 13 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 333 |
| Singleback → Run | 267 |
| Empty → Pass | 112 |
| I_Form → Run | 93 |
| Singleback → Pass | 87 |
| Shotgun → Run | 77 |
| I_Form → Pass | 25 |
| Jumbo → Run | 18 |
| Unknown → Run | 16 |
| Unknown → Pass | 13 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 276 |
| Run → Failure | 263 |
| Pass → Success | 206 |
| Run → Success | 149 |
| Pass → Explosive | 96 |
| Run → Explosive | 65 |