TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs New England Patriots 2017
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 New England Patriots 2017
| Metric | CIN | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,260 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +4.5% | 61.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +41.4% | 38.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −3.6% | 15.5% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −2.8% | 48.3% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +18.6% | 46.7% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +14.4% | 15.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −23.6% | 25.6% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.5% | 2.5% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −6.0% | 6.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 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 |
New England Patriots · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 337 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 190 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 137 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 107 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 75 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 61 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 53 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 33 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 32 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 21 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 19 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Wildcat | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| Other → I_Form | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Wildcat | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 404 |
| I_Form → Run | 207 |
| Singleback → Run | 157 |
| Empty → Pass | 133 |
| Singleback → Pass | 129 |
| Shotgun → Run | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 56 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 41 |
| Jumbo → Run | 22 |
| Wildcat → Run | 20 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 384 |
| Run → Failure | 268 |
| Pass → Success | 241 |
| Run → Success | 172 |
| Pass → Explosive | 148 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |