TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Detroit Lions 2017
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 Detroit Lions 2017
| Metric | CIN | Shift | DET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 971 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +0.5% | 65.3% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +24.2% | 55.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.2% | 13.1% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +5.3% | 40.2% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −7.9% | 73.1% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +11.4% | 18.8% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | +0.7% | 1.2% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −3.5% | 3.5% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +2.0% | 0.6% |
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 |
Detroit Lions · 2017
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 495 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 79 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 78 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 51 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 48 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 31 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 29 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 7 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 7 |
| Unknown → I_Form | 7 |
| Unknown → Singleback | 6 |
| Unknown → Jumbo | 5 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Unknown → Pistol | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| Other → Empty | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 465 |
| Singleback → Run | 135 |
| Pistol → Run | 99 |
| Shotgun → Run | 74 |
| Empty → Pass | 62 |
| Singleback → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Pass | 36 |
| I_Form → Run | 17 |
| Jumbo → Run | 8 |
| Unknown → Pass | 8 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| I_Form → Pass | 3 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 345 |
| Run → Failure | 236 |
| Pass → Success | 188 |
| Pass → Explosive | 101 |
| Run → Success | 75 |
| Run → Explosive | 26 |