TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Cleveland Browns 2016
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 Cleveland Browns 2016
| Metric | CIN | Shift | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 979 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | −1.3% | 67.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +18.8% | 60.9% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.8% | 13.7% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +7.5% | 38.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +1.7% | 63.5% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +14.3% | 15.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −9.6% | 11.5% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.5% | 3.5% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −4.9% | 4.9% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.3% | 0.3% |
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 |
Cleveland Browns · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 507 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 81 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 68 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 64 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 40 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 38 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 26 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 22 |
| 11 personnel → Wildcat | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 15 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 8 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 6 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Wildcat | 5 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Wildcat | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Wildcat | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Wildcat | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 457 |
| Shotgun → Run | 139 |
| Singleback → Run | 80 |
| I_Form → Run | 69 |
| Singleback → Pass | 60 |
| I_Form → Pass | 50 |
| Empty → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Pass | 16 |
| Wildcat → Run | 15 |
| Wildcat → Pass | 13 |
| Unknown → Pass | 9 |
| Jumbo → Run | 7 |
| Unknown → Run | 7 |
| Pistol → Run | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 406 |
| Run → Failure | 201 |
| Pass → Success | 165 |
| Pass → Explosive | 86 |
| Run → Success | 73 |
| Run → Explosive | 48 |