TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2024 vs Buffalo Bills 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 Cincinnati Bengals 2024 minus Buffalo Bills 2025
| Metric | CIN | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,066 | — | 1,194 |
| Pass rate | 67.6% | +11.6% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 78.3% | +28.6% | 49.7% |
| Explosive rate | 12.3% | −3.0% | 15.3% |
| Success rate | 47.3% | −1.5% | 48.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 60.2% | −2.1% | 62.3% |
| 12 personnel | 33.2% | +21.7% | 11.5% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −8.9% | 8.9% |
| 13 personnel | 1.7% | −3.6% | 5.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −11.0% | 11.0% |
| 02 personnel | 2.9% | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.5% | +0.4% | 1.1% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Cincinnati Bengals · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 581 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 203 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 43 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 43 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 18 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Unknown → Under Center | 5 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 661 |
| Shotgun → Run | 174 |
| Under Center → Run | 130 |
| Pistol → Run | 41 |
| Under Center → Pass | 39 |
| Pistol → Pass | 21 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Pass → Success | 274 |
| Run → Failure | 215 |
| Pass → Explosive | 100 |
| Run → Success | 99 |
| Run → Explosive | 31 |
Buffalo Bills · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 510 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 227 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 123 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 92 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 83 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 57 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 43 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 16 |
| Other → Shotgun | 11 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Under Center | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 488 |
| Under Center → Run | 413 |
| Under Center → Pass | 171 |
| Shotgun → Run | 106 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Pistol → Run | 4 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 338 |
| Run → Failure | 273 |
| Pass → Success | 210 |
| Run → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 121 |
| Run → Explosive | 62 |