TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Detroit Lions 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 Detroit Lions 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,020 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | −2.0% | 67.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +17.0% | 62.6% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +0.2% | 11.7% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +1.5% | 44.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −10.7% | 75.9% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +19.9% | 10.4% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −3.0% | 4.9% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −1.4% | 1.4% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −4.0% | 4.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.0% | 1.6% |
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 |
Detroit Lions · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 577 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 107 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 46 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 43 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 40 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 38 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 30 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 30 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| Other → Empty | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Pistol | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 536 |
| Pistol → Run | 109 |
| Shotgun → Run | 103 |
| Singleback → Run | 62 |
| Pistol → Pass | 56 |
| Empty → Pass | 55 |
| I_Form → Run | 42 |
| Singleback → Pass | 34 |
| Other → Run | 9 |
| I_Form → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 356 |
| Pass → Success | 245 |
| Run → Failure | 215 |
| Pass → Explosive | 91 |
| Run → Success | 85 |
| Run → Explosive | 28 |