TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Carolina Panthers 2021
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 Carolina Panthers 2021
| Metric | CIN | Shift | CAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,095 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +3.7% | 62.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +21.4% | 58.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +0.4% | 11.5% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +4.7% | 40.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −0.7% | 65.9% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +12.4% | 17.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −6.6% | 8.5% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.2% | 1.2% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.9% | 4.9% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.1% | 1.5% |
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 |
Carolina Panthers · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 520 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 122 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 112 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 74 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 67 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 54 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 24 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 12 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 12 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 8 |
| Other → Empty | 7 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 480 |
| Singleback → Run | 174 |
| Shotgun → Run | 158 |
| Singleback → Pass | 94 |
| Empty → Pass | 74 |
| I_Form → Run | 54 |
| I_Form → Pass | 22 |
| Other → Run | 16 |
| Empty → Run | 8 |
| Other → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 406 |
| Run → Failure | 242 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 128 |
| Pass → Explosive | 81 |
| Run → Explosive | 45 |