TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
San Francisco 49ers 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 San Francisco 49ers 2017 minus Cincinnati Bengals 2025
| Metric | SF | Shift | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,045 | — | 1,044 |
| Pass rate | 63.5% | −2.3% | 65.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 34.1% | −45.6% | 79.7% |
| Explosive rate | 13.0% | +1.1% | 11.9% |
| Success rate | 41.1% | −4.4% | 45.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 46.4% | −18.8% | 65.2% |
| 12 personnel | 14.7% | −15.5% | 30.3% |
| 21 personnel | 32.2% | +30.2% | 1.9% |
| 13 personnel | 2.0% | +2.0% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 2.6% | +2.6% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.8% | −1.8% | 2.6% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
San Francisco 49ers · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 315 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 249 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 109 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 95 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 59 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 41 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 15 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 13 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 11 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Other | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 304 |
| I_Form → Run | 173 |
| Singleback → Pass | 137 |
| Singleback → Run | 124 |
| I_Form → Pass | 113 |
| Empty → Pass | 85 |
| Shotgun → Run | 52 |
| Pistol → Run | 21 |
| Pistol → Pass | 19 |
| Other → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Empty → Run | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 378 |
| Run → Failure | 238 |
| Pass → Success | 200 |
| Run → Success | 93 |
| Pass → Explosive | 86 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |
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 |