TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2018
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 Buffalo Bills 2018
| Metric | CIN | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 998 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +6.3% | 59.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +33.1% | 46.6% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +1.4% | 10.5% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +7.8% | 37.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −3.8% | 69.0% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +16.2% | 14.0% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −10.1% | 12.0% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −1.7% | 1.7% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.0% | 1.6% |
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 |
Buffalo Bills · 2018
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 410 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 186 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 99 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 89 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 70 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 30 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 10 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 6 |
| Other → Singleback | 6 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 356 |
| Singleback → Run | 189 |
| Shotgun → Run | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 107 |
| I_Form → Run | 79 |
| Empty → Pass | 78 |
| I_Form → Pass | 35 |
| Other → Run | 14 |
| Unknown → Pass | 9 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pistol → Run | 7 |
| Empty → Run | 5 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 262 |
| Pass → Success | 159 |
| Run → Success | 112 |
| Pass → Explosive | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 30 |