TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Cleveland Browns 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 Cleveland Browns 2021
| Metric | CIN | Shift | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,039 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +8.3% | 57.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +42.2% | 37.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −2.8% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +1.7% | 43.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +20.6% | 44.7% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +9.0% | 21.3% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −9.2% | 11.1% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −17.6% | 17.6% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −3.3% | 3.3% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.9% | 0.7% |
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 · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 296 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 135 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 118 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 93 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 45 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 41 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 34 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 32 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 32 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 32 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 27 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 23 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 297 |
| Singleback → Run | 264 |
| Empty → Pass | 129 |
| Singleback → Pass | 120 |
| Shotgun → Run | 93 |
| I_Form → Run | 70 |
| I_Form → Pass | 37 |
| Jumbo → Run | 13 |
| Other → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 334 |
| Run → Failure | 250 |
| Pass → Success | 185 |
| Run → Success | 117 |
| Pass → Explosive | 78 |
| Run → Explosive | 75 |