TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2019
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 2019
| Metric | CIN | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,009 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +2.7% | 63.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +31.2% | 48.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −0.6% | 12.5% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +4.5% | 41.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +5.5% | 59.8% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +12.3% | 17.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −8.9% | 10.8% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.1% | 3.1% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −3.3% | 3.3% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +0.1% | 2.5% |
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 · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 409 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 105 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 98 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 83 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 60 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 44 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 30 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 28 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 28 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 15 |
| Other → Empty | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 7 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 7 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Other → Other | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 370 |
| Singleback → Run | 148 |
| Shotgun → Run | 119 |
| Empty → Pass | 112 |
| Singleback → Pass | 108 |
| I_Form → Run | 92 |
| I_Form → Pass | 39 |
| Other → Run | 7 |
| Pistol → Pass | 7 |
| Pistol → Run | 6 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 358 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 186 |
| Run → Success | 102 |
| Pass → Explosive | 93 |
| Run → Explosive | 33 |