TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2020
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 2020
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,106 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | −1.3% | 67.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +14.9% | 64.8% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +1.2% | 10.7% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +1.5% | 44.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −11.7% | 76.9% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +19.0% | 11.3% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | +0.0% | 1.9% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −3.7% | 3.7% |
| 01 personnel | 0.0% | −5.6% | 5.6% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.0% | 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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 674 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Empty | 97 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 62 |
| 01 personnel → Empty | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 49 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 27 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 22 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 7 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 01 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 528 |
| Shotgun → Run | 189 |
| Empty → Pass | 173 |
| Singleback → Run | 99 |
| Jumbo → Run | 28 |
| I_Form → Run | 26 |
| Singleback → Pass | 25 |
| Pistol → Run | 22 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 397 |
| Pass → Success | 258 |
| Run → Failure | 222 |
| Run → Success | 111 |
| Pass → Explosive | 87 |
| Run → Explosive | 31 |