TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,189 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +5.6% | 60.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +26.2% | 53.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −2.6% | 14.5% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −0.5% | 46.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +0.4% | 64.8% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +12.2% | 18.1% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −7.6% | 9.5% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.0% | 5.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.4% | 1.2% |
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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 585 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 122 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 94 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 86 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 72 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 32 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 32 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 31 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 24 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 18 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| Other → Empty | 8 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 469 |
| Shotgun → Run | 167 |
| Singleback → Run | 154 |
| Empty → Pass | 127 |
| I_Form → Run | 126 |
| Singleback → Pass | 82 |
| I_Form → Pass | 22 |
| Pistol → Run | 13 |
| Other → Run | 10 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 375 |
| Run → Failure | 267 |
| Pass → Success | 226 |
| Run → Success | 149 |
| Pass → Explosive | 115 |
| Run → Explosive | 57 |