TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Kansas City Chiefs 2018
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 Kansas City Chiefs 2018
| Metric | CIN | Shift | KC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,108 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +0.9% | 64.9% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +9.5% | 70.2% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −6.2% | 18.1% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −3.5% | 49.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +6.1% | 59.1% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +0.4% | 29.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −4.0% | 6.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −2.8% | 2.8% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −2.2% | 2.2% |
| 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 |
Kansas City Chiefs · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 495 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 244 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 72 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 71 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 64 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 22 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 540 |
| Shotgun → Run | 238 |
| Singleback → Run | 99 |
| Empty → Pass | 92 |
| Singleback → Pass | 62 |
| I_Form → Run | 32 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| I_Form → Pass | 9 |
| Other → Run | 9 |
| Pistol → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 6 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 350 |
| Pass → Success | 223 |
| Run → Failure | 215 |
| Pass → Explosive | 146 |
| Run → Success | 120 |
| Run → Explosive | 54 |