TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2024
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 2024
| Metric | CIN | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,198 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +9.9% | 55.9% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +20.5% | 59.2% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.3% | 13.2% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −2.4% | 47.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −1.1% | 66.4% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +14.4% | 15.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −6.4% | 8.3% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −2.1% | 2.1% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −2.0% | 2.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.5% | 1.5% |
| 02 personnel | 0.0% | −1.6% | 1.6% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.7% | 0.9% |
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 · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 564 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 190 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 117 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 67 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 41 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 17 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 17 |
| 10 personnel → Under Center | 13 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 13 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 12 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 11 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 565 |
| Under Center → Run | 330 |
| Shotgun → Run | 144 |
| Under Center → Pass | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 54 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 343 |
| Run → Failure | 281 |
| Pass → Success | 219 |
| Run → Success | 197 |
| Pass → Explosive | 108 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |