TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs New England Patriots 2021
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 2021
| Metric | CIN | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,093 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +9.2% | 56.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +36.7% | 43.0% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −3.0% | 14.9% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −2.3% | 47.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +8.5% | 56.7% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +16.5% | 13.7% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −21.6% | 23.5% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.4% | 4.4% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.1% | 0.5% |
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 · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 391 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 183 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 162 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 98 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 39 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 37 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 36 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 26 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 16 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 14 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 384 |
| Singleback → Run | 184 |
| I_Form → Run | 177 |
| Singleback → Pass | 117 |
| Shotgun → Run | 86 |
| I_Form → Pass | 55 |
| Empty → Pass | 48 |
| Jumbo → Run | 19 |
| Other → Pass | 8 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 317 |
| Run → Failure | 254 |
| Pass → Success | 201 |
| Run → Success | 158 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Explosive | 62 |