TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2023
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 2023
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,067 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +9.1% | 56.7% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +11.5% | 68.2% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | +0.8% | 11.1% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +3.6% | 41.9% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −8.0% | 73.2% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +11.6% | 18.7% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | +0.5% | 1.4% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −5.3% | 5.3% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.2% | 1.4% |
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 · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 614 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 153 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 96 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 91 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 46 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| Other → Under Center | 12 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 10 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 10 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 545 |
| Under Center → Run | 256 |
| Shotgun → Run | 183 |
| Under Center → Pass | 56 |
| Pistol → Run | 21 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Pistol → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 347 |
| Run → Failure | 273 |
| Pass → Success | 193 |
| Run → Success | 136 |
| Pass → Explosive | 65 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |