TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2022
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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2022
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,098 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +7.6% | 58.2% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +20.3% | 59.4% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +1.8% | 10.1% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +0.6% | 44.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −4.5% | 69.8% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +8.3% | 21.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −2.2% | 4.1% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −1.5% | 1.5% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| 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 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2022
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 531 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 149 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 113 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 113 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 55 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 25 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 21 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 15 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 13 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 7 |
| 22 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| Other → Singleback | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Other | 2 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 499 |
| Singleback → Run | 258 |
| Shotgun → Run | 153 |
| Empty → Pass | 60 |
| Singleback → Pass | 55 |
| I_Form → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 16 |
| Pistol → Run | 12 |
| Other → Run | 11 |
| I_Form → Pass | 5 |
| Other → Pass | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 357 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 215 |
| Run → Success | 167 |
| Pass → Explosive | 67 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |