TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2020
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 2020
| Metric | CIN | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 978 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +0.9% | 64.9% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +26.7% | 53.0% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −2.6% | 14.5% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +1.2% | 44.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −1.6% | 66.9% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +14.4% | 15.8% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.8% | 2.8% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +0.3% | 2.2% |
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 · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 459 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 120 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 105 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 97 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 64 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 18 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 12 |
| Other → Empty | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 4 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Singleback | 3 |
| Unknown → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 422 |
| Singleback → Run | 153 |
| Singleback → Pass | 97 |
| Shotgun → Run | 96 |
| Empty → Pass | 85 |
| I_Form → Run | 76 |
| I_Form → Pass | 26 |
| Jumbo → Run | 10 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 330 |
| Run → Failure | 215 |
| Pass → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 115 |
| Run → Success | 101 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |