TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 2017 vs Cincinnati Bengals 2025
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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2017 minus Cincinnati Bengals 2025
| Metric | PIT | Shift | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,105 | — | 1,044 |
| Pass rate | 61.8% | −4.0% | 65.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 59.0% | −20.7% | 79.7% |
| Explosive rate | 14.4% | +2.5% | 11.9% |
| Success rate | 45.7% | +0.2% | 45.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 70.4% | +5.2% | 65.2% |
| 12 personnel | 13.8% | −16.5% | 30.3% |
| 21 personnel | 7.6% | +5.7% | 1.9% |
| 22 personnel | 6.8% | +6.8% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.3% | −1.3% | 2.6% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 607 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Empty | 91 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 83 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 76 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 64 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 60 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 40 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 18 |
| Other → Empty | 11 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| Other → Singleback | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 471 |
| Shotgun → Run | 181 |
| Empty → Pass | 129 |
| I_Form → Run | 125 |
| Singleback → Run | 104 |
| Singleback → Pass | 47 |
| I_Form → Pass | 24 |
| Other → Run | 9 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 343 |
| Run → Failure | 257 |
| Pass → Success | 228 |
| Run → Success | 118 |
| Pass → Explosive | 112 |
| Run → Explosive | 47 |
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 |