TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2024
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 2024
| Metric | CIN | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,162 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +10.8% | 55.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +34.8% | 44.9% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −4.3% | 16.2% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −5.0% | 50.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +8.0% | 57.2% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | −6.5% | 36.7% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | +0.2% | 1.7% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.9% | 3.9% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.3% | 0.3% |
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 · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 426 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 346 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 226 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 77 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 35 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 406 |
| Under Center → Run | 388 |
| Under Center → Pass | 232 |
| Shotgun → Run | 116 |
| Pistol → Run | 18 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 293 |
| Run → Failure | 282 |
| Pass → Success | 231 |
| Run → Success | 168 |
| Pass → Explosive | 115 |
| Run → Explosive | 73 |