TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2023
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 2023
| Metric | CIN | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,234 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +6.7% | 59.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +5.9% | 73.8% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.4% | 13.3% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −3.9% | 49.4% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −1.0% | 66.2% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +11.1% | 19.2% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −3.5% | 5.4% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −1.5% | 1.5% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +0.4% | 2.2% |
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 · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 680 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 136 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 72 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 47 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 44 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| Other → Shotgun | 19 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 13 |
| Other → Under Center | 8 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 650 |
| Shotgun → Run | 261 |
| Under Center → Run | 242 |
| Under Center → Pass | 78 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 360 |
| Run → Failure | 264 |
| Pass → Success | 256 |
| Run → Success | 190 |
| Pass → Explosive | 113 |
| Run → Explosive | 51 |