TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2019
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 2019
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 923 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +5.0% | 60.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +15.2% | 64.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +1.6% | 10.3% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +8.4% | 37.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −5.3% | 70.5% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +9.7% | 20.6% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −2.6% | 4.6% |
| 00 personnel | 0.0% | −1.8% | 1.8% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +0.3% | 2.3% |
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 · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 533 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 90 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 63 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 41 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 21 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 19 |
| 00 personnel → Empty | 17 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 17 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 14 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| Other → I_Form | 6 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Wildcat | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 421 |
| Shotgun → Run | 174 |
| Singleback → Run | 115 |
| Empty → Pass | 78 |
| I_Form → Run | 40 |
| Singleback → Pass | 39 |
| Pistol → Run | 14 |
| Wildcat → Run | 11 |
| I_Form → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 5 |
| Other → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 339 |
| Run → Failure | 242 |
| Pass → Success | 160 |
| Run → Success | 87 |
| Pass → Explosive | 62 |
| Run → Explosive | 33 |