TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs New Orleans Saints 2023
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 Orleans Saints 2023
| Metric | CIN | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,098 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +6.3% | 59.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +17.1% | 62.6% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +0.1% | 11.7% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +3.6% | 41.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +6.0% | 59.2% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +12.2% | 18.0% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −1.5% | 3.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −13.3% | 13.3% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −1.0% | 1.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.3% | 1.3% |
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 |
New Orleans Saints · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 427 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 213 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 127 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 116 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 78 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 19 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 18 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 17 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 10 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 9 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Under Center | 8 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 01 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 3 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 552 |
| Under Center → Run | 297 |
| Shotgun → Run | 135 |
| Under Center → Pass | 98 |
| Pistol → Run | 12 |
| Pistol → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 362 |
| Run → Failure | 276 |
| Pass → Success | 199 |
| Run → Success | 132 |
| Pass → Explosive | 92 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |