TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs New England Patriots 2020
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 New England Patriots 2020
| Metric | CIN | Shift | NE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 965 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +14.1% | 51.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +31.4% | 48.3% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.5% | 13.4% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | −0.6% | 46.1% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +11.3% | 53.9% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +28.1% | 2.2% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −36.0% | 37.9% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −4.8% | 4.8% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.3% | 1.2% |
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 |
New England Patriots · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 335 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 246 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 143 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 73 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 38 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 33 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 28 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 5 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 20 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 330 |
| I_Form → Run | 192 |
| Shotgun → Run | 136 |
| Singleback → Run | 109 |
| Singleback → Pass | 77 |
| I_Form → Pass | 67 |
| Empty → Pass | 17 |
| Empty → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 6 |
| Pistol → Run | 6 |
| Other → Run | 5 |
| Other → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 272 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Run → Success | 165 |
| Pass → Success | 151 |
| Pass → Explosive | 76 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |