TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2018
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 2018
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,041 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | −3.7% | 69.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +19.2% | 60.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.3% | 13.2% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −1.7% | 47.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −4.3% | 69.5% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +21.4% | 8.8% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −2.3% | 4.2% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.6% | 2.6% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.6% | 4.6% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −6.6% | 6.6% |
| 00 personnel | 0.0% | −3.1% | 3.1% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.3% | 0.3% |
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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 563 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Empty | 98 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 57 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 52 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 47 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 40 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 27 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 25 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| 00 personnel → Empty | 19 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 16 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 13 |
| 00 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 00 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 470 |
| Empty → Pass | 189 |
| Shotgun → Run | 160 |
| Singleback → Run | 82 |
| I_Form → Run | 58 |
| Singleback → Pass | 45 |
| Jumbo → Run | 11 |
| I_Form → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Pass | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 364 |
| Pass → Success | 259 |
| Run → Failure | 186 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Success | 95 |
| Run → Explosive | 36 |