TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Minnesota Vikings 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 Minnesota Vikings 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 991 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +1.8% | 64.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +21.5% | 58.2% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +0.8% | 11.1% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +3.4% | 42.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +2.3% | 63.0% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +15.8% | 14.4% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −7.8% | 9.7% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.1% | 2.1% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.7% | 7.7% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −2.2% | 2.2% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.7% | 0.9% |
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 |
Minnesota Vikings · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 504 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 70 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 64 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 63 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 54 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 49 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 37 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 17 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Wildcat | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Other → Wildcat | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 486 |
| I_Form → Run | 108 |
| Singleback → Run | 107 |
| Shotgun → Run | 91 |
| Singleback → Pass | 50 |
| Empty → Pass | 46 |
| I_Form → Pass | 34 |
| Wildcat → Run | 24 |
| Jumbo → Run | 15 |
| Pistol → Run | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 333 |
| Run → Failure | 241 |
| Pass → Success | 211 |
| Run → Success | 96 |
| Pass → Explosive | 90 |
| Run → Explosive | 20 |